Archive for September, 2011
The Freemason Policy of No Politics
It is a common misconception that Freemasons are a religious or political organization. Freemasons have a similar ideology to the local Kiwanis or Knights of Columbus. These private organizations of philanthropic men seek to provide the community with charitable works. Because the Freemason helps society anonymously, their history is veiled in secrecy. A stonemason by definition is a builder. Freemasons use this analogy to build good will within communities. Their good works are based on the beliefs of moral and ethical principals of love, relief, and truth.
The historical secrecy of the Freemason results from the anonymity of charitable
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The Yin and Yang of I Ching
The I Ching is an ancient Chinese tool for divination and a guide for understanding basic Taoist Truths. The I Ching guides its followers on a path of spiritual study. Divination is only a means to finding ones’ worthiness. If a follower wishes to know about a family members’ health, she divines the moving, fixed or old lines of the hexagram. Moving influences, fixed influences and old or passing influences describe the state of the diviner-s question. As in Tarot readings and
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Tuesdays With Mercurians? Emanuel Swedenborgs Conversations With Alien Spirits
Mercurians, Swedenborg notes, live with greater integrity and are not capable of deceit. Some planets rejected sin and evil and exist so that humans can develop other values. Sylvia Browne describes some of these same ideas in her books. When each human dies, he or she chooses to be reborn to other planets in an attempt to learn additional life lessons. Each human lives until she fully integrates into the oneness of God.
Emanuel Swedenborg speaks with Mercurians, inhabitants of the planets
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Esoteric Religious Movements Versus Esoteric Philosophies
The world abounds in esoteric religious and philosophical ideas, and there is often considerable confusion in identifying one from the other. Esoterism has captured the imagination of adherents in all places on Earth, at all times, and remains an alluring avenue into exploring human nature, the universe and cosmology. Operating outside of more rigorous and well-established systems of thought and belief, esoterism investigates fundamental philosophical and religious questions in ways not typical to more mainstream academic and religious programs.
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