Vox’s posts tagged mysticism

W.B. Yeats

nobody@vox.com(Renee/ The PR) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:43:50 +0000

Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The bes...

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from The Poet in the Desert by Charles Erskine Scott Wood

nobody@vox.com(Lucy) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:13:11 +0000

I have entered into the desert, the place of desolation. The Desert confronts me haughtily and assails me with solitude. She sits on a throne of light, Her hands clasped, her eyes solemnly questioning. I have come into the lean and st...

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Podcast 50 - Freemasonry and the Western Esoteric Tradition

nobody@vox.com(Occult of Personality) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:33:00 +0000

First, on this the occasion of the 50th episode, I want to express my thanks to all who have listened to Occult of Personality podcasts. It is my humble wish that you may have learned as much by listening to these podcasts as I have by creating t...

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Whoops

nobody@vox.com(lightandstorm) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:12:38 +0000

I bought four more books. The first is Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity by Richard Smoley. Smoley is pretty well known for his writings on the more esoteric and mystical side of Christianity. The only thing I've read from h...

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New (old) books!

nobody@vox.com(lightandstorm) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:18:46 +0000

Went to the used bookstore in Santa Cruz with my sister. Walked out with ...5 books.

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Podcast 49 - Louis Sahagun and the "Master of the Mysteries"

nobody@vox.com(Occult of Personality) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:19:37 +0000

Writer and reporter Louis Sahagun joins us to discuss his amazing new book, “Master of the Mysteries: The Life of Manly Palmer Hall” available from Process Media. Louis’ book is an incredibly well-researched and revealing a biography of Manly Hall...

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God is your Being

nobody@vox.com(lightandstorm) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:35:33 +0000

“I told you to forget everything save the blind awareness of your naked being, I intended all along to lead you eventually to the point where you would forget even this, so as to experience only the being of God…God is your being." -Unknown, The ...

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Spirituality

nobody@vox.com(Koios) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:47:20 +0000

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are close...

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Podcast 48 - The Life and Work of Col. Henry Steel Olcott

nobody@vox.com(Occult of Personality) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:03:00 +0000

Our good friend Mitch Horowitz returns in this episode to reveal the amazing life of Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907). Our conversation starts with young Olcott’s humble beginnings, early successes in scientific agriculture, and investigatio...

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