GRGR(11): transcendence/annihilation

[Cjhurtt6 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/6/99 8:59:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
yenamand at cs.umn.edu writes:

<< In sufism, annihilation is the annihilation of the self (via immersion
 in love and merger with the Master/Teacher standing in for God). It's
 quite different from Blicero's version (love of Death and pursuit of it
 via annihilation of everything - in essence, taking upon himself the
 functions of the Lord of Death).
  >>

true. my intent wasn't to imply they were the same. i was just commenting on 
the   phrase "Transcendence-through-annihilation" which really grabbed my 
eye, and not anything in gr.