say to graze upon the open harts do fold frequent to undiscovered paths ways to the distant seen of self realization in comprehension shift colour painted on...
... perspective of the believer, not in an objective sense. Initiations is my special area of study and theorizing. There were many schools, banqueting clubs,...
... senses. Neoplatonism would say that you need to observe motion in both states of consciousness, to understand it and see the aspect in which change is...
I posted a review today. The Legend of Saint Peter Arthur Drews. Translated into English by Frank Zindler. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578849519 5...
I formatted and uploaded Klaus Schilling's English translations of two of Detering's Web pages about Arthur Drews. I corrected most of the typographical...
A common mystic style of expression is that "motion is an illusion, horizontal across-time causality is an illusion, timeless vertical causality is real, time...
... to true understanding or enlightenment. Actually there is a remarkably strong concensus among mystics -- a definite universal standard esoteric view....
... or loose cognition state of perception, in addition to looking through the default, ordinary state of consciousness. Only then can one talk fully about ...
... -- "The ... practice of fasting is observed for the purposes of purification, for heightening states of awareness" Scholars tend to elect a few small...
Michael, Great insight! as always. The concept of mysticism being 'on-tap' made sense. Thanks for the links the books also. For some reason I'm off reading...
... religious-philosophical initiation. ... One might complain that growing from an infant to child to adult to old person is a developmental path that is...
The goal of mystic enlightenment, Nirvana, refinement, purification, and purgatory is commonly called "freedom", but this is emphatically contrasted to mere...
Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition Richard Smoley http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1570628106 2002 Richard Smoley writes: p. 156: "......
... by defending and debating, so much as by clarifying my proposed model. Writing as clearly and emphatically as possible has proven highly productive in...
The theorists of Tradition, such as Evola, Nasr, and Guenon, have all sorts of theories and hazy, lament-driven non-theories about why the modern era lost the...
The original Alcoholics Anonymous founder, Bill Wilson, was inspired to stop drinking alcohol by use of a visionary plant, a deliriant. Gnosis magazine, issue...
My quickly selected excerpts from the Web page are below. Ideally I would read the page and briefly summarize it. Not sure of the relevance to egodeath, but...
As yet another instance of the near-explicit evidence for the entheogen foundation of religion, the Corpus Hermeticum contains a baptismal ceremony in the...
In my paradigm -- the maximal entheogen theory of religion-philosophy-myth, it is *certain*, a fact, a given, a fundamental axiomatic truth, that religion is ...
When searching for the phrase "cup of mind" which I had happily read in a recent posting, I found that here, too, was Klaus Schilling with his helpful ...
In official Christianity, baptism and eucharist are the two especially important sacraments. Magne argues that both "baptism" and "eucharist" were originally...
*** Psychedelics *** The use of psychedelics from plant sources was the beginning of humankind's deep religious awareness. The suppression of the use of these...
