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The Skeleton Key to Mystical Interpretation

Limbo

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Hello Zanders, here is a thread about mystical interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding mystical interpretations of sacred texts is comprised of four parts. Each part is a complex challenge and each part is necessary because so much has been lost or altered over time, as you pointed out.

I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, and parapsychology. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
 
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The Skeleton Key to Woo Interpretation

Hello Limbo, here is a thread about woo interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding woo interpretations of rambling texts is comprised of four parts. Each part can be quite a challenge, and each part is necessary because without it you end up just spouting meaningless nonsense, as has been pointed out.

I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Logic, critical thinking, science, and evidence. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mind to actually be able to evaluate evidence, and come to logical conclusions, or insight. Only then can the rational human begin to grasp the the logic behind the reality, unless you are lucky and just randomly hit upon a correct conclusion.
 
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I'm so glad the skeleton key has been found. Now with that key, we can actually do something practical. I can't wait to find out what it is.

Ward
 
Limbo said:
Hello Zanders, here is a thread about mystical interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding mystical interpretations of sacred texts is comprised of four parts. Each part is a complex challenge and each part is necessary because so much has been lost or altered over time, as you pointed out.

I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, and parapsychology. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
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And to what concrete effect might this epiphany or insight be used? What advances might humankind glean from this study? Might we "grok" a cure for cancer, spina bifida, something useful? Can you mystics "gestalt shift" us some world peace? I'm sorry if I seem a bit testy but to date, I haven't seen much utility in all this . . . stuff.
 
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I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, and parapsychology. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
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Three of these fields are anthropology; the fourth is fraud. Can you guess which is which?
 
Limbo said:
Hello Zanders, here is a thread about mystical interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding mystical interpretations of sacred texts is comprised of four parts. Each part is a complex challenge and each part is necessary because so much has been lost or altered over time, as you pointed out.

I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, and parapsychology. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
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Limbo, this is interesting, but why make a separate thread about it? It could have easily been a reply in the other thread.
 
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Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
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I once had a car with a Gestalt shift. It kept driving in weird directions. I went on a long journey in it, but it turned out it was just going round in circles.
 
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Limbo said:
Hello Zanders, here is a thread about mystical interpretations for you. The skeleton key to understanding mystical interpretations of sacred texts is comprised of four parts. Each part is a complex challenge and each part is necessary because so much has been lost or altered over time, as you pointed out.

I think you can probably guess what those components of the skeleton key are. Comparative mythology, comparative religion, comparative mysticism, and parapsychology. These fields need to be studied, not merely glanced at on the net. They each need to be grokked separately, and also together. Only then do they click into place, opening the mystical 'Gestalt shift' that leads to the crucial epiphany, or insight. Only then can the mystic begin to grasp the the esoteric under the exoteric, unless you are lucky and something just clicks along the way.
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what you really need is comparative evidence. If none of these things are true then your efforts are a waste of time.
 
Zanders said:
Limbo, this is interesting, but why make a separate thread about it? It could have easily been a reply in the other thread.
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I thought the subject deserved its own thread with its own tags. Its interesting and important, imo.

"No one, as far as I know, has yet tried to compose into a single picture the new perspectives that have been opened in the fields of comparative symbolism, religion, mythology, and philosophy by the scholarship of recent years. The richly rewarded archaeological researches of the past few decades; astonishing clarifications, simplifications, and coordinations achieved by intensive studies in the spheres of philology, ethnology, philosophy, art history, folklore, and religion; fresh insights in psychological research; and the many priceless contributions to our science by the scholars, monks, and literary men of Asia, have combined to suggest a new image of the fundamental unity of the spiritual history of mankind.

Without straining beyond the treasuries of evidence already on hand in these widely scattered departments of our subject, therefore, but simply gathering from them the membra disjuncta of a unitary mythological science, I attempt in the following pages the first sketch of a natural history of the gods and heroes, such as in its final form should include in its purview all divine beings--not regarding any as sacrosanct or beyond its scientific domain. For, as in the visible world of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, so also in the visionary world of the gods: there has been a history, an evolution, a series of mutations, governed by laws; and to show forth such laws is the proper aim of science." -Joseph Campbell, Masks of God
 
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Mashuna said:
I once had a car with a Gestalt shift. It kept driving in weird directions. I went on a long journey in it, but it turned out it was just going round in circles.
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You're lucky I put mine into second once and I turned Muslim and became a woman, fortunately I found reverse.
 
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I thought the subject deserved its own thread with its own tags. Its an important topic, imo.

"No one, as far as I know, has yet tried to compose into a single picture the new perspectives that have been opened in the fields of comparative symbolism, religion, mythology, and philosophy by the scholarship of recent years. The richly rewarded archaeological researches of the past few decades; astonishing clarifications, simplifications, and coordinations achieved by intensive studies in the spheres of philology, ethnology, philosophy, art history, folklore, and religion; fresh insights in psychological research; and the many priceless contributions to our science by the scholars, monks, and literary men of Asia, have combined to suggest a new image of the fundamental unity of the spiritual history of mankind.

Without straining beyond the treasuries of evidence already on hand in these widely scattered departments of our subject, therefore, but simply gathering from them the membra disjuncta of a unitary mythological science, I attempt in the following pages the first sketch of a natural history of the gods and heroes, such as in its final form should include in its purview all divine beings--not regarding any as sacrosanct or beyond its scientific domain. For, as in the visible world of the vegetable and animal kingdoms, so also in the visionary world of the gods: there has been a history, an evolution, a series of mutations, governed by laws; and to show forth such laws is the proper aim of science." -Joseph Campbell, Masks of God
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All you got is philosophical hairballs?
 
Cainkane1 said:
what you really need is comparative evidence. If none of these things are true then your efforts are a waste of time.
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What you really need it to get away from this board and to bury your face in many comparative mythology books by Joseph Campbell. Then you will see for yourself that these things do indeed have plenty of evidence, that my efforts are not a waste of time. I've hit pay-dirt, mystically speaking and you can too. Its not too late and its not too difficult. The key will click.
 
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Limbo said:
What you really need it to get away from this board and to bury your face in many comparative mythology books by Joseph Campbell. Then you will see for yourself that these things do indeed have plenty of evidence, that my efforts are not a waste of time. I've hit pay-dirt, mystically speaking and you can too. Its not too late and its not too difficult. The key will click.
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Delving into psychic phenomena is fun but it gets you nowhere. Its sad to see good minds waste their time this way.
 
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Delving into psychic phenomena is fun but it gets you nowhere. Its sad to see good minds waste their time this way.
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This good mind has been to turiya and achieved Jivanmukta, thank you very much. I've seen and wrapped my mind around things you can't even begin to imagine, and I'm just getting started. So if you want to consider wasted minds and wasted time, I suggest you start closer to home.
 
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This good mind has been to Ali's Balti and acheived Tarka Dhall. I've wrapped my digestive tract around things you can't begin to imagine and I'm almost finished. So if you want to consider wasting cash and time, I suggest getting out more.
 
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