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unorthodox, heretical, or hidden spiritual traditions - mysticism, magic, esoterica, the occult, etc.
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Alchemy’s metaphorical language and concrete practices offer a way to re-imagine inner life and the process of psychological growth. Its arcane symbols, various stages and operations, and mysterious hermetic philosophies invite us to stand between the worlds of spirit and matter, to bridge conscious and unconscious.
A Jungian & Archetypal Perspective on Alchemy
It wasn’t about the cards, not half as much as it was about that person already having access to the latent knowledge somehow. The cards just gave them a way to reel that knowledge in from the unconscious, or the aether.
Similar with astrology, as another example. You can learn all the significations and symbols and signs and everything else and sti... See more
Similar with astrology, as another example. You can learn all the significations and symbols and signs and everything else and sti... See more
A General Theory of Divination and Probably Other Stuff
I don’t actually care that you even know about the chakras. I do care that you remember your wholeness. I don’t care if you’re woo or not. I do care that you are moving in a way that creates a life you want to be living as the person you are.
Tricia Pickrenx.com
The hippie world & the science world can be reconciled, here's how to do it:
1. Take a break from arguing over mechanism/metaphysical assumptions (HIPPIE: It works because of mystical energy! RATIONALIST: There's no such thing!)
2. Empirically test whether there are *effects*
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Tyler Altermanx.comConsciousness | Gary Lachman
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Gary Lachman: Consciousness, Culture, and the Esoteric Tradition
a) I’m sick of pretending that psychic stuff doesn’t exist, and, b) materialism is bullshit. This office-park-version-of-reality charade has gone on long enough.
Kristin Posehn • Psychic Shit Happens All The Time
my go-to definition, that comfortably dismisses much the nonsense that often gets caught up in ‘woo’, is “experiences that cannot be articulated by the part of the mind that can only understand experiences by articulating them”
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