Author Topic: Hey there, Hi there, Ho there (Read 1839 times)

Neotech8010 · « **on:** April 05, 2016, 06:45:25 am »

I'm not good with titles, so I'll just introduce myself as an ecclectic mystic. Been studying a wide array of things for as long as I can remember, but I've not been too social about it. Hope to change that here.
I have varying degrees of education on:
Psionics
Ceremonial magics
Western Shamanism
Q'ero spirituality
Psychic experiences
Theosophy
and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

lioness · « **Reply #1 on:** April 05, 2016, 06:48:38 am »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

I'm not good with titles, so I'll just introduce myself as an ecclectic mystic. Been studying a wide array of things for as long as I can remember, but I've not been too social about it. Hope to change that here.
I have varying degrees of education on:
Psionics
Ceremonial magics
Western Shamanism
Q'ero spirituality
Psychic experiences
Theosophy
and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

Welcome! I just joined this month as well.

dragonflydreamer68 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 05, 2016, 12:10:50 pm »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

I'm not good with titles, so I'll just introduce myself as an ecclectic mystic. Been studying a wide array of things for as long as I can remember, but I've not been too social about it. Hope to change that here.
I have varying degrees of education on:
Psionics
Ceremonial magics
Western Shamanism
Q'ero spirituality
Psychic experiences
Theosophy
and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

welcome

Voren · « **Reply #3 on:** April 05, 2016, 08:38:50 pm »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

I'm not good with titles, so I'll just introduce myself as an ecclectic mystic. Been studying a wide array of things for as long as I can remember, but I've not been too social about it. Hope to change that here.
I have varying degrees of education on:
Psionics
Ceremonial magics
Western Shamanism
Q'ero spirituality
Psychic experiences
Theosophy
and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

Hello and welcome

Morag · « **Reply #4 on:** April 05, 2016, 10:29:10 pm »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

Welcome to TC!

I actually crochet (and knit) as a devotional activity; I've given a lot of thought to doing it as a magical activity as well, but haven't yet gotten around to trying it.

RecycledBenedict · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2016, 05:40:11 am »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

(...) Theosophy (...)

Which sort of theosophy are you interested in?

I admire the 17th and 18th century Theosophers, but I find the claims of 19th and 20th Theosophists ridiculous: I don't think it is a good idea to make dated or unfounded claims about geology and paleonthology into religious dogma, regardless of if the claimant happens to be a 1870s Russian medium, a bunch of 1920s Adventist ministers using the Book of Genesis as a paleonthological manual, or 21st century Hindu nationalists using Mahabharata as a science text-book.

Both Jakob Böhme, Genesis and Mahabharata deserve a more sofisticated hermeneutics than that.

HarpingHawke · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:02:52 am »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

Welcome to TC!

Phouka · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:32:33 am »

Quote from: Neotech8010;189510

I'm not good with titles, so I'll just introduce myself as an ecclectic mystic. Been studying a wide array of things for as long as I can remember, but I've not been too social about it. Hope to change that here.
I have varying degrees of education on:
Psionics
Ceremonial magics
Western Shamanism
Q'ero spirituality
Psychic experiences
Theosophy
and Crocheting...

That last one isn't obviously pertinent to the forum, but if you've never stitched with magic, I greatle reccomend it.

Welcome to the Cauldron. Enjoy. -Phouka

Neotech8010 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2016, 06:28:24 am »

Quote from: FraterBenedict;189546

Which sort of theosophy are you interested in?

I admire the 17th and 18th century Theosophers, but I find the claims of 19th and 20th Theosophists ridiculous: I don't think it is a good idea to make dated or unfounded claims about geology and paleonthology into religious dogma, regardless of if the claimant happens to be a 1870s Russian medium, a bunch of 1920s Adventist ministers using the Book of Genesis as a paleonthological manual, or 21st century Hindu nationalists using Mahabharata as a science text-book.

Both Jakob Böhme, Genesis and Mahabharata deserve a more sofisticated hermeneutics than that.

I must say, I've never read the materials on Geology and Paleontology, but I've always enjoyed the organizational heirarchy of dimensions and energy that Blavatsky put forewards (though I don't know if she was their originator.)

RecycledBenedict · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2016, 06:44:56 pm »

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I must say, I've never read the materials on Geology and Paleontology, but I've always enjoyed the organizational heirarchy of dimensions and energy that Blavatsky put forewards (though I don't know if she was their originator.)

The existence of a literal Hyperborea, Lemuria and Atlantis, respectively, are hard to defend in an age of plate tectonics. Atlantis as an archetype within Mundus Imaginalis is something else entirely. Blavatsky and her successors Besant and Leadbeater also misrepresented the content of north-asian Buddhism. It has taken long time to disentangle the web of misinformation they concocted. Traditional theosophy is something else.