| William Blake Jr. 2006-04-06, 6:32 pm |
| The only reason that the error of scientific materialism was ever
possible came from prohibition on magickal and spiritual activity by
Mosaic religions. When such things are forbidden, there is no apparent
evidence of spiritual activity; which leads some to believe that there
is no evidence for God either.
This, I refer to as suicidal spiritualizing - in similar vein as
Mortimer Adler referred as suicidal psychologizing and suicidal
epistemologizing to philosophies that challenge the validity of
rational inquiry.
The resulting worldview - a worldview to which I refer as jooky (as in,
"we're all different, that's why we all drink jooky") - is a worldview
that, like the substance mentioned, leads people to think themselves
smart for being stupid and clever for being ignorant.
The Western civilization is a triple helix in which magick is replaced
by religion; religion by science; science by magick; and magick by
religion again. This is inevitable, given the nature of the pursuits in
question.
Magick opens door to spiritual experience; at which point the evidence
for spirituality becomes apparent, and religion, explaining all things
in terms of spirituality, finds a way to thrive. As religion forbids
magickal experience, the evidence for spiritual forces becomes less
apparent, at which point many decide that there is no evidence for God
either. As scientific materialism does away with religion, people begin
having spiritual experiences again; at which point magick becomes
apparent; at which point religion comes in again.
This has been the case for a long time, and I expect it will remain the
case for as long as it takes for the magickal, religious and scientific
worldviews to finally merge and create one all-encompassing truth.
Ilya Shambat.
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