by cutsinger | May 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
All I can say “in a nutshell” is that the phenomenology of religion means different things to different scholars; it would be hard for me to predict how this particular professor might interpret it or how he would use phenomenological methods. Basically,...
by cutsinger | May 9, 2007 | Uncategorized
The author lists a number of other texts in the Bible where “until” cannot possibly be taken to mean that, after the event marked by the moment “until”, things suddenly changed. If in saying that Joseph did not “know Mary [sexually] until...
by cutsinger | May 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
Regarding your practice and your “roaming” mind, this of course is the experience of everyone when first trying to concentrate. My advice is that you should be less concerned about “concentration” than about purity of “intention”....
by cutsinger | Apr 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
Let me add an additional word on the subject of what one should expect from a Path. It is well known that Guénon placed much of his emphasis on intellectual doctrine and the “technical” aspects of initiation and method, whereas the Schuonian...
by cutsinger | Apr 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
When it comes to the way in which the terms are actually used in practice by the Orthodox, I would agree with your interlocutor that “heterodoxy” is less grave than “heresy”, though this is a little paradoxical inasmuch as the former word...
by cutsinger | Apr 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
Historically, most Christian “missions” have been focused on converting the “heathen” to Christianity, with social service and aide—medical care, building projects, and so forth—being looked at, at least in part, as a means to that...
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