... minister would Christ. However, I have become disgusted with the band over recent years in that they act like gods and are treated like gods. I am now a ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 2, 2001 7:21 pm
Name: Michael Hoffman Nickname: egodeath http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-glance/-/A1YFCQT60M4XAJ?desc=lo ng Name: Andy Nickname: bluehoney ...
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egodeath@yahoogroups....
Sep 2, 2001 10:47 pm
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 3, 2001 3:31 am
... religions. There have been many similarities described, but so far I haven't seen a whole lot of effort to demonstrate that these similarities were ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:07 pm
... defect, ... Good historical theorizing requires three phases: 1. Creating multiple hypotheses 2. Critiquing the hypotheses 3. Concluding which hypothesis...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 4, 2001 6:34 am
... From: Chris McDonald Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:13 AM Subject: Interesting Take on Rush Lyrics Dear Mr. Hoffman, I read your analyses of Rush songs...
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hiddenbob8@...
Sep 5, 2001 6:21 pm
James Arthur was on the Jeff Rense radio broadcast on tuesday, September the 3rd. He discussed the subject of magic mushrooms in depth, relating the origins of...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:10 am
There are two different kinds of "mythic Jesus" beliefs. The negative: Jesus is only a myth; and the positive: the Jesus figure is full of mythic meaning. ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:11 am
Here is another list of standard views I'm categorizing. o Supernaturalist o Historicist o Mythicist What is the relation between these three positions?...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:13 am
The 5-position spectrum I defined is also a 2-position spectrum. I defined it via two levels of abstraction. The initial spectrum defines a pair of...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 6, 2001 6:13 am
... These are cliches that don't hold up well when studied in the field of philosophy and history of science. Feyerabend devoted books such as Against Method...
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Glenn Scheper
scheper@...
Sep 8, 2001 12:32 am
... (...shudder...) ... I have a novel proposal. I have been quiet because it is bawdry reading, mapping theology on autoerotic fetishism. However, it is...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 12, 2001 3:30 am
... and hanging on a cross? ... instead of a cross or stake hanging? ... practice - find a holm oak in a forest glade Also feeding into this conceptual complex...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 12, 2001 4:33 am
... JesusMysteries] discussion group...? ... is sufficient to explain most symbolism, and appears to be the correct domain to ground His metaphors. I think an...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 13, 2001 1:18 am
I received the book today; it is available. At bn.com I pre-ordered it on June 24, 2001. The Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation, and Mystical Experience...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 14, 2001 6:26 am
The night before the initial message of this thread, it struck me how important it is to investigate ancient mythic views on the phallus, castration, eunuchs,...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 14, 2001 6:26 am
Because of my research related to Reformnav.org, a major rescue organization asked my advice on quickly setting up an online donation channel for the 9/11/01...
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bluehoney.org
andy@...
Sep 14, 2001 9:27 am
In the wake of the recent events...has anyone else experienced certain levels of ego-death? I'm experiencing some of the same emotions by watching the news as...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 15, 2001 10:10 pm
If anti-terrorism is "The New War" according to CNN, then what is "The Old War"? Last night (Sep 14) in a CNN talking-heads discussion, they suddenly were...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 15, 2001 10:10 pm
... of ego-death? I'm experiencing some of the same emotions by watching the news as I would via mushrooms. I had the feeling of a melatonin dream for 48 hours...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 15, 2001 11:59 pm
... immortality or transcending time through offspring, substitute sacrifice, mushrooms, lack of control over the will and the body, matriarchal religion, ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 15, 2001 11:59 pm
http://www.egodeath.com/merkurpsychedelicsacrament.htm The Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation, and Mystical Experience. By Dan Merkur, 2001. To support...
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Sep 17, 2001 6:01 am
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Michael Hoffman
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Sep 17, 2001 7:12 am
... people to think they have interesting/enlightened answers to important questions while keeping most of their egoneurotic structures intact. Long-term...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 17, 2001 7:34 am
... happened and what to do I have seen in days... congratulations for this Michael. ... I don't know what "empassioned pleas for violence" you have in mind....
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 17, 2001 8:37 am
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JesusMysteries/message/4327 ... is only a myth; and the positive: the Jesus figure is full of mythic meaning. ... who say that...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 17, 2001 10:16 am
... himself crucified in order to share the experience) ... the Shroud of Turin is neither the shroud of Jesus nor a forgery, but is simply the shroud that was...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 17, 2001 10:18 am
... I tried an impersonal flat boring posting style for many years. There must be more to life, more to communication than that - witness Luther's writing ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 17, 2001 10:22 am
... God was right: you die (as metaphysical sovereign self-author, a cybernetic self-control ego death) from entheogens such as Amanita. The toxin-wise, ...
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Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Sep 19, 2001 5:22 am
After discussing this question with several authors, and reading their latest works, it seems that the scholarly consensus is that there was more a use of a ...
