Prosthetic Paradise(2) Enfetishment&MS (fwd)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

Paul schrieb:


> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:
>
> > 
> > Paul schrieb:
> > 
> > > since I have been conditioned by science to
> > > view existence in terms of monism I feel cut adrift--where might be
> > > situated the 'spiritual' for me? 
> > 
> >  If you share, just for the moment, the dualistic perspective of
>  Gnosticism,  
> >  then the 'spiritual' for you, like for everybody else (- never believed in
>  that 
> >  elitist talk of "hylics" etc.), is the 'pneumatic' spark of Divine origin,
>  that 
> >  'is' inside of your Heart and that will still be existing when your
>  bodymind 
> >  has passed away.  


     > Been looking for something like that.


           "something stash'd in thy Boot-Strap to get thee going upon a cold   
            Day,--- and cold shall it be,--- a part of thy Soul that doesn't    
            depend on Memories, that lies further than Memories...?'"
                                                          
                       (M&D, p. 253)        KFL