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Tag Archives: Mysticism
THE CREATION OF GOD
My s/h bookshop came through for me again. I have just picked up a book by Philip Carr-Gomm called In the Grove of the Druids, discussing the druidic teachings of Ross Nichols. The author is the current Chief of the … Continue reading
In Praise of Woo
There is a story that Socrates used to visit the markets regularly. When asked why he does so he replies that it is because he enjoys looking at all the things he can do without. This seems eminently sensible. Materialism … Continue reading
Exploring Mysticism and Physics
I have been wondering about the properties of a ‘Bose-Einstein condensate’ in relation to a certain form of Idealism. It was a thought put into my head by Erwin Schrodinger, who speaks of the mystics as ‘particles in an ideal … Continue reading
Sri Krishna Prem and the Language of the Seers
The following is a passage from Sri Krishna Prem’s book, Initiation Into Yoga, from an essay entitled ‘Symbolism and Knowledge’. Thanks to Don Salmon for posting it elsewhere so that I could borrow it. The point about language here, and … Continue reading
Sticking Up For Philosophy
Yesterday I again bumped up against the claim that philosophy does not produce answers. This issue is a constant source of irritation. It would not be rigorous to say that philosophy does not produce answers. It is something that is … Continue reading
The Continuum East and West
We usually conceive of space-time as a continuum. Or we think we do. We certainly experience it as a continuum. We usually see the number line as a working model of this continuum. With this model we can create an … Continue reading
The World Knot 