Category Archives: history

Scared of the Sacred? Male Confusion over Sexual Intercourse

Posted on November 19, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Sacred Union It is the most difficult part of the spiritual path. Because of religious teaching in the West, we are told that sex is a bad thing, unless it exists in a marriage sanctified by the church. And even … Continue reading →

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Is This Why We Are Going Through a Pandemic?

Posted on November 17, 2020 by cdsmiller17

XVI: The Tower Lars Muhl’s latest chapter (8) in the book that I’m reading (The O Manuscript) is in section II of the third part. The section is entitled Shekinah. Ooh, we’ve been here before, haven’t we? Just to see … Continue reading →

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Cathar Site? The Cave of Bethlehem

Posted on November 16, 2020 by cdsmiller17
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Yet One More Conspiracy Theory

Posted on November 16, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Stop the Steal Democracy is dead! No one can trust the voting system. Republicans are marching in the streets. (If Trump had won, would we even be having this conversation?) “Stop the Steal” was created by Republican political operative Roger … Continue reading →

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Holy Toledo! Street Map as the Tree of Life

Posted on November 15, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Kabbalah on the Ground The Seer continued: ‘He confirms your idea that the Kabbalah was the basic model for the original town. Unfortunately, it looks as if the town has undergone so many changes since then that it is impossible … Continue reading →

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Sufi-scient Wisdom from the 20th Century

Posted on November 13, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) Here’s a wisdom teacher I never heard of before. He was a Sufi master. He was wise. To discover the light and power latent within all human beings, that is … Continue reading →

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“I Don’t Know: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”

Posted on November 12, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Cain and Abel (Genesis 4: 1-18) One was a farmer, the other a shepherd. They were, by legend, the first two children of Adam and Eve. And, also according to legend, the first murderer and his victim. And God played … Continue reading →

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The Siege That Still Echoes Through Time

Posted on November 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Montségur This siege is not so well-known, at least not as well-known as Masada. But to “heretics” everywhere in the West, this one was very important. It was the starting point of us. Whatever lives modern Gnostics have returned as, … Continue reading →

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Today in 1975, a Great Lakes Freighter Sank in Lake Superior

Posted on November 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The disaster is one of the best-known in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“ after reading an article, “The … Continue reading →

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In View of Everything I’ve Learned Recently…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

You Only Live Twice (1967) Of all the James Bond films, this is the one that ‘bothered’ me the most. Now I understand why. Past life memory can be a spur to look deeper, but it took something else to … Continue reading →

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