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Extracts from the Literature 3: Mysticism and Oneness: From ‘Mysticism’ F.D. Happold

Posted on 22/11/2016 by PeterJ

“A common characteristic of many mystical states is the presence of a consciousness of the Oneness of everything. All creaturely existence is experienced as a unity, as All in One and One in All. In theistic mysticism God is felt … Continue reading →

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Nicolas de Cusa on God, Motion and the Transcendence of Contradictories

Posted on 12/12/2014 by PeterJ

Metaphysics demands that we seek for the origin of existence beyond the conceptual categories with which we perceive and organise the world.  This is what is meant by the failure of all positive metaphysical theories, that we must look elsewhere … Continue reading →

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The Hindu Swami Initiation Ceremony and its Implications for Metaphysics and Physics

Posted on 03/07/2014 by PeterJ

  The biddidisa or elaborate initiation into swamiship includes a fire ceremony, during which symbolical funeral rites are performed. The physical body of the disciple is represented as dead, cremated in the flame of wisdom. The newly-made swami is then … Continue reading →

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The Corpus Hermanicum

Posted on 05/11/2013 by PeterJ

One of the aims of The World Knot is to demonstrate not only the metaphysical soundness but also the universality of the form of religion that asks us to investigate our own awareness in order to discover the truth about … Continue reading →

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Professors on Youtube

Posted on 29/10/2013 by PeterJ

When we look around the world we see a reduction to absurdity of the idea that homo sapiens is a rational species. After doing a search on ‘Philosophy’ I have just discovered that Youtube is awash with videos by eminent … Continue reading →

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