syncretic streamings (--- or: body, gnosis & human adventure)

[Lorentzen / Nicklaus]

 rain falls from the sunny sky & 3 quotes make no argument. let's listen:


 "perhaps jonas was right to emphasize the anarchic and nihilistic character of 
a naturally rebellious ethic in search of a metaphysical liberty, which exists 
absolutely, in itself. it is legitimate to ask, however, if this fascinating 
modern interpretation really catches the variety, the richness and (why not?) 
also the contradictory nature of ethical behaviour that appears to us, in 
concrete terms, more complex and variegated. if a modern enquiry were possible, 
it would be even more interesting to know how self-aware the average gnostic 
was. this person, who is not simply a statistical ghost, free from the excesses 
of the orgiastic cults and the heroism of the virtuous in death, sensitive to 
the subtle, exhilarating fascination of predestination, but also more inclined 
in behaviour to live with the perception of a situation still fluid and open, 
was perhaps content with simpler motivations than those assigned to him or her 
by modern interpreters: '...return to your divine nature', is the message in the 
teachings of  s i l v a n u s, 'live according to the mind. do not think about 
the things pertaining to the flesh' 'you shall be man.'
only by living to the full his human adventure was the gnostic able to realize 
his dream of freedom."
 
              (giovanni filoramo: a history of gnosticism)   
 

 
 "the etheric dimension of force or manifest light pervades and surrounds our 
universe and every physical body. it is the field of energy, magnetism and space 
in which the lower or grosser elements function. thus, your 'etheric body' is 
the specific concentration of force associated with and surrounding-permeating 
your physical body. it serves as a conduit for the forces of universal light and 
energy to the physical body.
in practical terms of daily experience, the etheric aspect of the being is our 
emotional-sexual, feeling nature. the etheric body functions through and 
corresponds to the nervous system. functioning as a medium between the conscious 
mind and the physical being, it controls the distribution and use of energy and 
emotion. it is the dimension of vitality or life-force. we feel the etheric 
dimension of life not only as vital energy and power and magnetic-gravitational 
forces, but also as the endless play of emotional polarization, positive and 
negative, to others, objects, the world itself, everything that arises." 

              (adi da: look at the sunlight on the water)



  "all true religion corresponds to the cosmic, 'oceanic' experience of man. all 
true religion contains the experience of a unity with an omnipresent power, and 
simultaneously of temporary painful seperation from this power. the eternal 
longing for return to one's origin ('return to the womb'; 'return to the good 
earth from whence one came'; 'return to the arms of god' etc), for being 
embraced again by 'the eternal', pervades all human longing. it is at the roots 
of man's great intellectual and artistic creations; it is the core of his 
longing during adolescence; it pervades all great goals of social organization. 
it appears as if man yearns to comprehend his separation from the cosmic ocean; 
such ideas as 'sin' have their origin in an attempt to explain the separation. 
there must be a reason for not being united with 'god'; there must be a way to 
unite again, to return, to come home."

              (wilhelm reich: ether, god and devil)





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