tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.comments2020-08-31T20:49:04.793-04:00Valentinian GnosisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-534078444229616582013-03-16T12:54:45.512-04:002013-03-16T12:54:45.512-04:00"The heart of a phantom is beating! The heart..."The heart of a phantom is beating! The heart of a phantom is beating!" -- THE RESURRECTION, YeatsWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222328459836041333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-85133381067823431982013-03-16T12:46:25.430-04:002013-03-16T12:46:25.430-04:00"The heart of a phantom is beating! The heart..."The heart of a phantom is beating! The heart of a phantom is beating!" -- THE RESURRECTION, YeatsWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222328459836041333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-25660271846609670112013-02-05T17:05:55.895-05:002013-02-05T17:05:55.895-05:00That was deep...if you contemplate it.That was deep...if you contemplate it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375679420437337057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-66666914680997618462012-09-25T10:17:04.333-04:002012-09-25T10:17:04.333-04:00Sure, but there's also the question of how muc...Sure, but there's also the question of how much accommodation can take place in a culture defined by Jersey Shore and iDolatry - "as if one could - or should - accommodate truth to error." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517639078156795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-18847486010926701902012-09-25T07:32:42.448-04:002012-09-25T07:32:42.448-04:00One should also note, however, that the singular t...One should also note, however, that the singular tradition to which Schuon and other perennialists refer does always express itself in time, and as such its manifestations are many, each suited to the place and time of its emergence. William Behunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271485910898304862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-26237258564720843442012-09-22T12:55:09.659-04:002012-09-22T12:55:09.659-04:00I found this paper while looking for research into...I found this paper while looking for research into group identity issues and was disappointed by the many presuppositions brought to the study that so pre-determine the rest of the exercise -- making in a form a circular argument. Without a sound method, such "explorations" are exercises in rhetoric. Of course, I may be biased by expecting more from the paper. <br /><br />I also Troy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443884087132467353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-83983913978378377252012-09-22T11:55:22.527-04:002012-09-22T11:55:22.527-04:00I am deeply sympathetic to Dr Burns' contentio...I am deeply sympathetic to Dr Burns' contentions, but worry that he has cast all New Age or Neo-Gnostic commentaries as polemical, which seems to be in no small amount a projection on his part. While many modern Gnostic accounts of the Thomas text are directed at the intolerance and bigotry enacted in the name of orthodox Christianity, they are by no means universal in their antipathy to William Behunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271485910898304862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-72180391794630787382012-09-22T10:28:13.779-04:002012-09-22T10:28:13.779-04:00Thanks, Mike. I'll check it out.Thanks, Mike. I'll check it out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517639078156795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-83648500792078252802012-08-26T17:08:42.489-04:002012-08-26T17:08:42.489-04:00My personal journey from Marine to Christian pacif...My personal journey from Marine to Christian pacifist...see free "look inside" feature, here:<br />http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Pacifism-Fruit-Narrow-ebook/dp/B005RIKH62/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_1MikeSnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462825086786614647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-86104786658354538412012-08-08T13:31:48.063-04:002012-08-08T13:31:48.063-04:00Wink's Series on The Powers is an excellent ex...Wink's Series on The Powers is an excellent exploration of oppressive and repressive structures in light of the New Testament and Gnostic writings on the Archons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517639078156795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857702474469203353.post-55606032036209152472012-08-08T13:05:34.646-04:002012-08-08T13:05:34.646-04:00This is powerful stuff. It is so true. I live in...This is powerful stuff. It is so true. I live in a very conservative religious region. It is amazing how much "might is right" is ingrained in things here. In many ways, this article naming this has awakened me to this worldview.Br. Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961438063935457615noreply@blogger.com