How to be a mystic
So, let’s imagine we’re sitting beside a roaring fire or overlooking a tranquil lake, and let me take you on a journey through the ineffable landscapes of mysticism and gnosis. Continue Reading
The Enigma of the Gnostic Goddess: Sophia
Gnosticism, an ancient and multifaceted religious and philosophical movement, has always been cloaked in mystery. Among its many intriguing aspects is the figure of Sophia, a Gnostic goddess who plays Continue Reading
You are God, both in experience and expression.
There is only one being in the universe, and you are a part of it. You are interconnected with the great totality of all things, which is the Universe. You Continue Reading
Conquer the Fear of Punishment After Death with Marcus Aurelius & Friedrich Nietzsche
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues Continue Reading
Neoplatonism: The Philosophy of Love
Neoplatonism is a philosophical and religious movement that emerged in the 3rd century AD and was heavily influenced by the philosophy of Plato. It sought to reconcile the ideas of Continue Reading
Is God a Nihilist and Can God Ever Change?
The question of whether God is a nihilist and whether God can ever change is one that has puzzled philosophers and theologians for centuries. While there is no definitive answer Continue Reading
What is Transcendentalism?
Transcendentalism emerged in the United States in the 1830s and 1840s, during a time of significant social, cultural, and intellectual change. It was a philosophical and cultural movement that emphasized Continue Reading
The millennia long philosophical war
We all know that philosophy has been around for a long time boasting a proud rich history dating back thousands of years. And from those thousands of years ago were Continue Reading
Why do enlightened people say that we are one with everything?
When answering this question modern mystics rarely if ever pay any attention to the material world when making the claim that ‘we’re all one thing.’ They tend to consider the Continue Reading
The Origin of Love…
We’ve all had those moments when without warning we meet the gaze of a random stranger and time seems to stop. Without so much as a word they empty their Continue Reading
The psychological reason why you shouldn’t force your religious beliefs on anyone.
When I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s there was a popular saying doing the rounds that went along the lines of ‘never discuss religion and Continue Reading
Schopenhauer and the striving
For Schopenhauer the will is the thing in itself, all revealed and bare to anybody who looks at the phenomena of every day matter. The will is inherent in Continue Reading
Experience Nothing and be like Socrates by looking death in the eye!
An experience of nothing is a very sought-after meditative discipline in the Buddhist community, usually it takes a long time, years in fact for a Buddhist practitioner to attain the Continue Reading
How is the practice of mysticism different to the path of the philosopher?
Philosophy mainly deals with the objective world, mysticism, however, is a subjective experience of man’s relationship with God that seeks to diminish the sense of isolation and separation from God Continue Reading
Does every particle have a consciousness of its own?
The conclusions of many mystics since time began is that a vast awareness pervades all of space and time, it inhabits the space between matter, between atoms and their constituent Continue Reading
The Path of The Mystic
“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men Continue Reading
What is real?
Mind Vs Matter There are two sides to reality, the objective side of atoms, molecules, rocks, trees, people, places and events vs the subjective experience of the mind. Matter and Continue Reading
Is Mysticism Real?
Yes, mysticism is real, a tiny fraction of people in all places and at all times have wanted to experience union with whatever it was that they perceived to be Continue Reading