In comparing Jesus (as a allegorical mystery-religion figure) to Mithras, Dionysus, Prometheus, and Attis, the problem arises of *which* generation of Jesus...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 21, 2001 3:55 am
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The theses of Cahill's book correspond with the concepts Elaine Pagels' book The Gnostic Paul associates with the lower Christians, the psychics, which in...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 21, 2001 3:30 am
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... as "flowing" is itself illusory. ... I experienced ego death quite unexpectedly. The sense of timelessness and "eternity" was extremely powerful, MichaelH:...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 20, 2001 5:37 am
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I expect to evaluate this book soon. According to David Ulansey's Mithraism book, Stoicism was the strongly dominant philosophy of Tarsus, and the Hellenistic...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 20, 2001 5:37 am
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... relation between time, will, personal control, and the experience of ego-death. Forking futures and multiple branching universes is unnecessarily ...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 20, 2001 5:37 am
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... future is single (I hold this because it's the simplest world-model) and closed and already exists. Forking only describes our lack of knowledge. Only 1...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 20, 2001 5:37 am
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Hi all, I'm very pleased to be here. I would like to pass on some valuable information. I spoke to Richard Nelson who is the organizer of Consciousness...
2sirius@...
Jun 19, 2001 8:18 pm
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... This begs the question, if the future is crystallized, why do we not have knowledge of it? (My answer would be that we CAN have knowledge of it, but I'm...
Jason Wehmhoener
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Jun 19, 2001 7:00 pm
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Erik Davis, author of TechGnosis, http://www.levity.com/techgnosis/tgtoc.html asked the following. Michael Anderson asked the same question. 1. How does your...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 19, 2001 4:37 pm
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Michael Hoffman wrote: To keep the postings short and modular, and keep the threads focused with useful Subject lines, I will respond to your questions in ...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 19, 2001 4:35 pm
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I found your into essay on the cybernetic theory of ego transcendence quite interesting. I have some questions for you: 1) You see the block universe as...
Michael Anderson
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Jun 18, 2001 7:36 pm
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... 1. Entheogens in the origin of religions. 2. Judeo-Christianity as mystery religion. ... psychedelics-and-religion bibliography. There are plenty of...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 18, 2001 5:47 am
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The Psychedelic Sacrament: Manna, Meditation, and Mystical Experience by Daniel Merkur, Dan Merkur Paperback - 144 pages (August 15, 2001) Inner Traditions...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 17, 2001 5:01 pm
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[my latest reply is at bottom] ... most are way off mark. ... which you say is about the "drugs war" is about the evils of racism,xenophobia etc and has...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 17, 2001 4:32 pm
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As part of The Cybernetic Theory of Ego Transcendence, I started an Ego Death discussion list. Covers these subjects insofar as they overlap: Theory of time,...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 17, 2001 4:18 am
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These ideas can be connected: entheogens, orthodox Christian terminology, the will, time, and self-control. Some theorists connect entheogens and ...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 17, 2001 3:00 am
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It is amusing to watch Protestant theologians try to make sense out of the blood of Christ by which we are saved, while avoiding Catholic supernaturalism....
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 17, 2001 2:20 am
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Erik Davis, author of TechGnosis, http://www.levity.com/techgnosis/tgtoc.html asked the following. From: Erik Davis Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:42 AM To:...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 17, 2001 1:59 am
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... You have not explained how your points supposedly disprove Rush's repeated use of LSD. I will spell out your implied reasoning to see how compelling it...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 17, 2001 12:46 am
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Key themes of mystery allusions to mystic dissociative phenomena I could explain Attis in terms of the mystic altered state and its associated concepts, adding...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 16, 2001 9:37 pm
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Corresponding history of fatalism and entheogens The model of time and personal control I have elucidated is a fundamental and basic model to consider as a...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 16, 2001 9:37 pm
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Cracking the code of the mystery-religions I'm currently reading the latest 25 books I purchased a week ago, and some library books: o Hellenistic myths and...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 16, 2001 9:37 pm
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... most are way off mark. ... which you say is about the "drugs war" is about the evils of racism,xenophobia etc and has absolutely nothing to do with...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 16, 2001 9:37 pm
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Current breakthrough of the hour: "death penalty" as metaphor for mystic death. "Death penalty" for revealing the secrets of the mysteries: just a figure of...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 15, 2001 3:20 am
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The Jesus Mysteries discussion group members try to investigate the existence of Jesus as historians but not as philosophers or philologists. The historian...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 11, 2001 1:43 pm
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Why cracking the mythic code is mandatory to convince Historical Jesus believers of the greater likelihood of the Mythic-only Christ ... order it to read about...
Michael Hoffman
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Jun 11, 2001 1:42 pm
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... That sounds like a Ken Wilber somewhat vague portrayal of how we are dissatisfied with the "limitations" of the "limited self", and what kind of "barriers"...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 11, 2001 6:55 am
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Covert agendas and evasive conversational dynamics in the GnosticsMillenium discussion group Michael: I don't get helplessly caught up in flaming like so many...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 11, 2001 6:15 am
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... for the sake of one's beliefs or the movement one belongs to. Forsaking father and mother is like carrying a heavy, onerous cross to one's demise. The...
Michael Hoffman
mhoffman@...
Jun 11, 2001 2:11 am
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This core theory has been stable for several years, though it may be time to rewrite and update this compact introduction to the core concepts. My recent work...
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