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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Insane for the Light: Psychosis and Mysticism
“Everyone has to have a spirituality and everyone does have one, either a life-giving one or a destructive one. No one has the luxury of choosing here because all of us are precisely fired into life with a certain madness … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, desert spirituality, Hinduism, meditation, mysticism, noetic, Owens Valley, psychosis, William James
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Temptations in the Desert
“….the lone and barren sands stretch far away.” Ozymandias, Percy Shelly. “Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.” I Peter 5:8 (NRSV Bible) The hot, dry desert breeze flows through open windows … Continue reading
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Tagged Desert Fathers, desert spirituality, Henri Nouwen, Lent, Robert De Nero, temptation, True Confessions, True Self
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