mysticism

Hi all, I am new in this forum, so I hope my story will not look out of topic here. Back ten years ago, even little bit more, I was part of a Catholic praying group, a very serious one indeed, that gathered every Saturday night in a religious community with about twenty other people, mainly...

Spiritualists and Materialists I still do not know what can be done to eliminate endless conflicts between materialists and spiritualists. But comments collected at several websites prompted me to compose a short on-line paper at: http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/theo_sci.html It...

Hello Zanders, here is a thread about mystical interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding mystical interpretations of sacred texts is comprised of four parts. Each part is a complex challenge and each part is necessary because so much has been lost or altered over time, as you...

Any Shakespeare buffs around here? I just started reading Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being by Ted Hughes and its very interesting but slow, dense reading. Anyway, there are a few mystical ideas in it that I am listing for the purpose of civil discussion. I open up the floor for...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_martial_art I've always been bothered by these terms and it seems to me that people that actually use these terms tend to be the "nerdy" martial artists or martial arts fans. It makes no sense to me. Muay Thai doesn't meet force with force, most of the...

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and...