The Pokey Finger of God

I picked up Needleman’s book Lost Christianity about a week ago, and I’m just about finished with it now. I had a strong feeling of having gone full circle, without any remaining desire to either consider myself ‘Christian’ or to style myself thusly.
Christianity, as I was raised with it, is an exoteric social event. The [...]

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As promised, here’s that quote from the book I’ve been reading. Further observations to come.
These are words of a Christian mystic identified as “Father Sylvan” by Jacob Needleman in his book Lost Christianity. It’s clear through in the text that “Father Sylvan” is both a student of Gnosticism and Hermeticism, which have colored his perceptions [...]

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