Category: Mystery of Golgotha
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The Western Mystical Path
What is mysticism? Simply put, mysticism is the practice or pursuit of a path to the spirit. The term “Mystery” derives from the Greek word “mysterion” (plural mysteria μυστήρια) which means the practice of an experience of a reality surpassing normal human understanding, a spiritual reality perceived as essential to the nature of life. It…
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Significance of 153 Fish in John 21
Why 153 Fish? Let’s start with the scene in John 21:10-11 [King James Version], “Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of fish, a hundred and fifty three of them; and although there were so many, the…
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Preparing for the Christ Impulse
Edward R. Smith (The Burning Bush, see its website) and others have also proclaimed that the Christ Impulse manifests as fusion as opposed to fission. For humanity, the key “fusion” event happened in the Temple when the Nathan-Jesus who was 12 with the Solomon-Jesus who may have been 14 or even 15 fused! The spiritual members…
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How I Became So Interested in How Christianity Spread So Easily in the World
My ancestors were often Congregational ministers. I even have roots that go to the Mayflower. This background led me, in my early teens, to wonder how it was that Christianity spread so easily if what spread is the same as what one meets in churches today. To get a handle on this question, I had…