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The roots of religion==where is that Higher Power?
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Before Judaism, there was Shamanism....
"Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old Time Religion," of which modern
churches are but pallid evocations. Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the
mysterium tremendum, the unio mystica, the eternally delightful
experience of the universe as energy, is a sine qua non of religion,
it is what religion is for! There is no need for faith, it is the
ecstatic experience itself that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity
and integrity of the universe, in ourselves as integral parts of the
whole; that reveals to us the sublime majesty of our universe, and the
fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle that is quotidian
consciousness. Any religion that requires faith and gives none, that
defends against religious experiences, that promulgates the bizarre
superstition that humankind is in some way separate, divorced from the
rest of creation, that heals not the gaping wound between Body and
Soul, but would tear them asunder... is no religion at all!" Jonathan
Ott
Shamanism
The following excerpt are taken from The Way of The Shaman by Michael
Harner.
"Shamans-whom we in the 'civilized' world have called 'medicine men'
and 'witch doctors'- are the keepers of a remarkable body of ancient
techniques that they use to achieve and maintain well-being and
healing for themselves and members of their communities. These
shamanic methods are strikingly similar the wold over, even for
peoples whose cultures are quite different in other respects, and who
have been separated by oceans and continents for tens of thousands of
years.
"Shamanism is a great mental and emotional adventure, one in which the
patient as well as the shaman-healer are involved. Through his heroic
journey and efforts, the shaman helps his patients transcend their
normal, ordinary definition of reality, including the definition of
themselves as ill. The shaman shows his patients that they are not
emotionally and spiritually alone in their struggles against illness
and death. The shaman shares his special powers and convinces this
patients, on a deep level of consciousness, that another human is
willing to offer up his own self to help them The shaman's
self-sacrifice calls forth a commensurate emotional commitment from
his patients, a sense of obligation to struggle alongside the shaman
to save one's self. Caring and curing go hand in hand."
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| Ted L. 2005-08-24, 5:46 pm |
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> "Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old Time Religion," of which modern
> churches are but pallid evocations. Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the
> mysterium tremendum, the unio mystica, the eternally delightful
> experience of the universe as energy, is a sine qua non of religion,
> it is what religion is for! There is no need for faith, it is the
> ecstatic experience itself that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity
> and integrity of the universe, in ourselves as integral parts of the
> whole; that reveals to us the sublime majesty of our universe, and the
> fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle that is quotidian
> consciousness. Any religion that requires faith and gives none, that
> defends against religious experiences, that promulgates the bizarre
> superstition that humankind is in some way separate, divorced from the
> rest of creation, that heals not the gaping wound between Body and
> Soul, but would tear them asunder... is no religion at all!" Jonathan
> Ott
>
Not bad.
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Ted L.
Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
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