Tag Archives: mysticism

The Grey Eminence: Friend and Confidant to Richelieu

Posted on July 2, 2021 by cdsmiller17

François Leclerc du Tremblay (November 4, 1577 – December 17, 1638) Just after researching Cardinal Richelieu last week, I heard this term “Grey Eminence” on Jeopardy for the first time. I took it as a sign. Father Joseph started out … Continue reading →

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Listening to the Sound of Silence

Posted on December 28, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Secret Book of Dzyan I started reading this little book about the ‘oldest manuscript in the world’ yesterday. What have I gleaned, so far? The Language of the Book of Dzyan Like all secret manuscripts stored in Shambhala, the … Continue reading →

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Is It Really Possible? Could I Have Been Him?

Posted on October 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 15, 1827) I wasn’t going to go here again, after deciding that John Varley was a better fit for me. And then I spotted the Peter Ackroyd book, Blake, in my office library. … Continue reading →

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Are You Willing to Bet Your Life on It?

Posted on August 13, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Blaise Pascal (June 19, 1623 – August 19, 1662) Now, here’s an interesting bit of wisdom from the 17th century, as discussed in “The Truth Behind the Bible Code”: “Pascal’s wager” is his application of statistical mathematics — not quite … Continue reading →

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Show Me The Way to Go Home

Posted on July 20, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Way: Using the Wisdom of Kabbalah (2001) “There was once a great scholar named Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, who had become known as the Netziv. He had many students and he had written dozens of books. One day … Continue reading →

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I’m Not a Jewish Mystic, but I Could So Easily Be One

Posted on July 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Holy Zohar: The Book of Abraham On Wednesday of this week, at about 10:15 am, I was looking through my basement library for a couple of books, that I needed to scan the covers of, for new images of … Continue reading →

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William Blake’s Unfinished Work

Posted on June 13, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Four Zoas There is an entry in Wikipedia which covers this work so I was not going to repeat the themes here. Originally, I only wanted to point out that Blake creates his names for the Zoas by using … Continue reading →

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Enigma: The Thoroughly Modern Myss

Posted on January 28, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Caroline Myss I don’t do this very often. A friend from our Faith & Science group found an interesting post on the internet. It was an analysis of Caroline Myss using the Moon’s lunar periods to explain the timing of … Continue reading →

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A Thoroughly Modern Mystic

Posted on January 3, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, (born May 1, 1881, Sarcenat, France—died April 10, 1955, New York City, New York, U.S.), French philosopher and paleontologist known for his theory that man is evolving, mentally and socially, toward … Continue reading →

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Metaphor: Neural Pathways

Posted on December 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Path to the Tor in Glastonbury It might seem hackneyed, but the idea that someone taking a walk in the woods can lead to others following in their footsteps, and creating a path, seems to be on my mind today.

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