"Many people nowadays are apt to boast of our great civilization and of the wonders of science. Science has indeed done wonders. But...it is well to remember that in many ways man has not made very great progress from the other animals. It may be that in certain ways some animals are superior to him still. We look down upon the insects as almost the lowest of living things, and yet these tiny things have learnt the art of cooperation and of sacrifice for the common good far better than man. If mutual cooperation and sacrifice for the good of society...
A Dozen Mirrors Wouldn't Do - Poem
You glance at the panesWhile walking on the lanes,To catch of you a picture,To be certain of how you do.You gaze at your reflectionOn every polished sectionTo read your face in some mirrorThinking a dozen mirrors will finally do.Some mirrors are false,Some mirrors are true,Some mirrors inflate,Some deflate you.Some think you’re a class,Some think you look like a fool,Some make you feel elate,Some try to disintegrate you.Why bother what the mirrors say, o man?Why bother what they tell about you?Each surface has its own interpretation,Each owing...
The Unique Christ - I (Poem)
IThe Song of the Lamb I hear many voices say “I am the Shepherd, come to me!”But, I know they’re all just thieves, my Shepherd they can’t be.The voice of my Shepherd is soft and gentle,The voice of my Shepherd is kind and meek.His steps I know when He’s close by the lintel,He’s the Door of my pen, the rest are thieves.My Shepherd leads me on mountains and valleys,My Shepherd leads me to pastures green.My Shepherd is my one and onlyIn whose arms I’d always want to lean.The wolf had pounced one day from the thickets,The hirelings all fled fearing...
Magic and Religion in Rational, Empirical, and Revelational Theologies
Summary:Rational Theologies see magic as a form of experience and so dismiss it as the far lesser real. Man is God.Empirical Theologies usually combine magic with religion and construct theories whereby powers can be tapped by humans who have access to the secret science. Men can become gods.Revelational Theologies usually see magic as anti-divine. Man is not neither can be God.Magic in Rational TheologyArguments based on Gaudapada’s Karika from Epistemics of Dicine Reality (2009)“…reason lacks any synthetic (empirically demonstrable) way by which...
