Tag: spirituality
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Kurdish Muslims abandoning Islam for Zoroastrianism
The small, ancient religion of Zoroastrianism is being revived in northern Iraq. Followers say locals should join because it’s a truly Kurdish belief. Others say the revival is a reaction to extremist Islam.
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The Secret Spiritual History of Calculus
from scientificamerican.com: In the 17th century Italian mathematician Bonaventura Cavalieri proposed that every plane is composed of an infinite number of lines and every solid of an infinite number of planes. One could use these “indivisibles,” he said, to calculate length, area and volume—an important step on the way to modern integral calculus. Swiss mathematician…
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From Insult to Insight: Rudolf Steiner’s Meditative Technique
from theosophical.org: In the mid-1890’s Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was repeatedly hurt by personal remarks made by his close friend Moritz Zitter (d. 1921). Even when recounting the incident a quarter century later, Steiner would still not admit his friend’s observations contained some truth. Yet Zitter’s stinging criticism forms a plausible trigger for the revolutionary psychological…
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God Endures, Even As Religion Wanes
from Futurity.org: “Americans’ attitudes toward religion are growing more complex,” says study author Tom Smith. “While fewer people identify with a particular religion, belief in God remains high.” In the United States, belief in God has ebbed over time from about 99 percent in the 1950s to about 92 percent at present. Certitude about God…
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What Is Awakening?
from ZenGardner.com: Since ancient times the term awakening has been used as a kind of metaphor that points to the transformation of human consciousness. There are parables in the New Testament that speak of the importance of being awake, of not falling back to sleep. The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit word Budh, meaning,…
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The Mysteries of Britain, the Matter of Sovereignty and The Glastonbury Declaration
from ishtarsgate.wordpress.com: The term claiming one’s Sovereignty has become quite fashionable in recent years, since it was taken up by the Freeman on the Land people. In the mouths of such political activists, it has become a sort of buzz term, a comfort blanket or flag for them all to nestle under in the hope…
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The Secret: The Spirituality of Narcissism
from stuartdavis.com: The Secret. It’s all the rage. The book and movie have garnered the enthusiasm of millions. Everyone from Oprah to Montel is extolling Rhonda Byrne’s spiritual juggernaut. The premise of The Secret is simple; The power of attraction. Like attracts like. What we think, what we feel, acts as a magnetic signal, attracting…
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The Truth About The Dark Side Of Glastonbury
from IshtarsGate.wordpress.com: The Somerset town of Glastonbury has, quite rightly, a very high reputation the world over for being a thriving and vibrant spiritual centre, where many conferences, workshops and ceremonies take place to honour and celebrate the spirit of humanity and its fundamental unity of purpose which is beyond religious or dogmatic faiths. Its…
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Thoughts on the Spiritual Search and Teaching
from MindBreathMeditation.blogspot.com: Is our current spiritual and cognitive paradigm convoluted with artificiality, misdirection and disdain for pure pursuit of knowledge? How manipulated has the Earth’s population become over the centuries, and why are so many of us the most susceptible subjects to the whims of the elite? In his article, Carlo Dorofatti digs deep into…
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The Affair of the Poisons
from telegraph.co.uk: The Affair of the Poisons began in 1676 with the trial of an enthusiastic poisoner, the Marquise de Brinvilliers. Her brother had died after eating a pie of cocks’ crests and kidneys in a rich cream sauce. A postmortem revealed disintegrating intestines. It soon became clear that, whenever she ran out of money,…