“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.”
~ Meister Eckhart
Mysticism ~ ''that which is concealed''; Union with the Absolute.
Enantiodromia translates as ''running in opposite directions''. The idea was developed by Heraclitus, but the word was coined a thousand years later by Strobaeus. Heraclitus was a 5th century BC philosopher from Ephesus - who was famous for his…
Read more…I found this article very interesting, not because I was nodding in agreement the whole way ( I wasn't) but because of the various facets it touches on. Valentin Tomberg wrote the book ''Meditations on the Tarot'' which is an encyclopedic…
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Read more…Parabola: Can you describe the Axial Age and the light it might shed on the difference between thinking and knowing? I realize I’m asking you to traffic in huge generalities here, but it seems to be a pivotal distinction. KAREN ARMSTRONG: You were…
Read more…Oratio Dominica comes from Luke 11:2-4 Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, uphold the holiness of your name. Bring in your kingdom. Give us the bread we need for today. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who has…
Read more…'' The crux of the Eleusinian argument was that man is neither better nor wiser after death than during life. If s/he does not rise above ignorance during his sojourn here, man goes at death into eternity to wander about forever, making the same…
Read more…This is quite a short book, divided into brief sections, each a poetic description of an event or aspect of Mary Magdalene's life or teachings, and it is full of surprising stories about her, some of them even quite shocking. While reading it, I…
Read more…''Each happy individual is therefore divine. While only God is so by nature, as many as you like may become so by participation.'' ~ Boethius Theosis, or deification, is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as…
Read more…The poor clamor for it and the rich crave more of it. Money! Money is thought to be a representation of the principle of equality. Money in it´s right nature is Illusionary but what matters is the principle which it represents.Mans noblest power is…
Read more…Extracts from an article that explores Bede Griffiths synthesis of Western and Oriental metaphysics. Griffiths lived as a yogi and a monk. ''The Vedic Revelation As does Rene Guenon, Griffiths accepts that the Vedas arise from a divine revelation.…
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"The sad truth is that man’s real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites - day and night, birth and death, happiness and misery, good and evil. We are not even sure that one will prevail against the other, that good will overcome evil, or joy defeat pain. Life is a battleground. It always has been and always will be; and if it were not so, existence would come to an end."
~ Carl G. Jung
Mary said, “Know when to retreat and when to live. When you retreat be silent and die to yourself, so that you might be alive in the Spirit. When you live, be alive and vibrant, and rejoice each day in the presence of God.”
~ Secret Gospel of Mary
"He who takes up the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that evil can be overcome by evil, or violence by violence? The Way of Peace requires courage and patience, but it will prevail."-Jesus, Gospel of Thomas