Philosophical Speculations

Isn’t the bolded a little too categorical of a judgement? Had I read the essay as a newcomer to this forum I believe I would have understood that. I would have either given up in frustration or understood the three vocabularies. But I would not have continued reading trying to connect concepts only ...

For me the answer is absolutely yes. Even before taking the time to seriously introspect and experiment - which is still fully accessible to the intellect, as we have agreed - it makes sense, it is highly reasonable, to notice the three different registers and vocabularies: the hands, the game ...

I really don't understand things as you do, but I don't know how to reply without repeating myself. I'll wait to see if something new comes to mind. Another thing that occurred to me is to ask whether the logical structure of the essays can be understood as a coherent flow without introspective ...

Ashvin, I doubt that what the latest essay can lead to will depend entirely on how the reader approaches and works with the content. Otherwise there would be no point in reelaborating the same ideas, finding new metaphors, and developing new essay series. Yes, mental potato processing can’t lead to ...

We should feel how this is a very slippery distinction. It's not very easy to tell what remains at the level of conceptual understanding, i.e., the intellect sensing some harmonious meaning as the concepts click together, and what is instead rooted in concrete inner experience which expands ...

Bardon is unusual and very rosicrucian in this respect because he attempts to unite all three aspects (initiation, clairvoyance, adept) in human beings through his works. However, he does this in a different way, so to speak: he begins with relatively little theory and knowledge and immediately ...

The more we seek the spiritual foundations in the mood of prayerful openness to organic Cosmic inspirations, the more we will be able to recognize similar or opposing gestures in the practices around us. I just encountered a Substack post that connects with this theme quite well: https://open ...

That's it for now. I may revisit this topic (edit it) or add further posts. My main focus here is on a spiritual view of the subject. Hi Kaje, I think what you posted from Bardon (impregnation or consecration of water/food) can be non-atavastic, when it is a means of devotionally interfacing with ...

Yes, it is truly interesting how we do not hear about these things more often, especially with the frenzy around AI today (as you say, BK being one of the few exceptions). And at the same time, this is so easy to feel that even a complete layperson can sense that there's something odd. For example ...

... Very well done, Cleric, thank you! The essay even has a pleasantly harmonious color scheme which feels to complement its gaming theme :) The MC within Minecraft is a very helpful metaphor for our imaginative process, I would say, and hopefully others feel that way as well. Among other aspects ...