Greetings, all. I thought I would post this brief article I wrote the other day regarding my own personal "monist" view of Druidic philosophy, and how the...
Bràndon et al., ... It certainly ought to. I'd like to respond by posing a question... ... This is a point of view that has been called "hard monism" -- the...
John Michael Greer
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Apr 8, 2006 9:31 pm
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Dear John (et al), The issue of moral integrity, or of motivation for ethical action, is certainly one of great importance when analyzing a pantheistic or ...
Bràndon et al., Very good! I'd like to propose a way of talking about the distinction you've made in your answer, which might help clarify things a bit (or ...
John Michael Greer
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Apr 10, 2006 8:20 pm
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Bràndon et al., Over and above the philosophical issues raised in your latest, there's an issue of history and one of the role of secrecy in Druid practice, ...
John Michael Greer
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Apr 10, 2006 8:58 pm
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... - ... So far as I can tell from surviving texts, the Big Secret was poetry. The power to shape words and consciousness was the same power that called the...
John (et al.) (Liber, call me Al), Your example of the Japanese viewpoint is very useful. I think for me personally, however, I do not so much see the relative...
Gordon (et al.), <So far as I can tell from surviving texts, the Big Secret was <poetry. The power to shape words and consciousness was the same <power that...
... `hollow ... The consciousness of poetry is a state of creative receptivity that I think corresponds well to what you are describing. In Old Irish, the ...
Well, I've finally started to put together a draft of the web site. Let me know what you think so far. As soon as everyone is happy with it, I'll hand it off...
Joey et al., ... Very cool. Many thanks for tackling this! Okay, it's now officially fill-in-the-blanks time. Does anyone have any other books to suggest for...
John Michael Greer
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May 4, 2006 5:30 pm
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... Let ... druid ... any ... the ... page? I have sent Joey the Golden Silence meditation that David Van Bush wrote in the 1920's for inclusion in the...
All: Something that occured to me this week is that there's not a single mention of gardening, artwork or crafts on the Gnostic druid page. I think that...
May I suggest you include the website URL as an automated signature in the replies as well as include it on the yahoogroups home page description.In Beauty,...
Here's the first of the meditations. This is the one I have done on and off for years. I am not entirely pleased with it, so if anyone on list has suggestions,...
... true. although these things need not necessarily be mentioned on the main page itself, there's certainly room for discussion of them on subsidiary pages,...
Gordon et al., ... This rocks. (So to speak!) I'll try it a few times, and then get back with some suggestions. With my best, JMG...
John Michael Greer
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May 8, 2006 5:09 am
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Gordon, ... This is a very good point. I'd like to suggest that this comment be posted to the AODA list, too, to solicit essays on Gnostic Druid gardening and...
John Michael Greer
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May 8, 2006 5:24 am
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Hi all. I just wanted to thank you for the flood of suggestions and I will be adding them ASAP. I just wanted to make two quick mentions, though: 1 - the...
... other than "it's good"? ;) i've been doing a lot of work on exploring, erm, what i suppose once could call odd areas of the web of life; this was quite...
... Any comments are appreciated. I'm working on a meditation for cyanobacteria and a third one for fungus and molds. What I get when doing this meditation are...
... good heavens. i'm afraid i won;t be trying the latter; i start to wheeze just thinking about it. ;) ... interesting. i get orange, many shades of orange...
As most of our intrepid readers know, Oberon/Otter/Tim Zell-Ravenheart formulated the Gaea hypothesis in the early 1970's. The emerging disciplines of ecology...
Gordon et al., ... I'd say rather that we have a bunch of different deities, each with its own name, nature, powers, and followers. The Greek pantheon is...