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those dodgy heretics: mystic encounters of the third kind
The heretics who dodged the inconvenient texts of Scripture by allegory and symbolism relied ultimately on mysticism. Not all mystics of course were heretics; it seemed to depend on which texts they dodged. But the basic theory of mysticism was … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Alumbrados, Alumbrados burned in Catholic Spain, Bohemian Adamites, Christian Messianism, Christian mysticism, Christian mystics, English Ranters, French Libertines, Gary Cooper, harpo marx, jack benny, Matthew Fox, Pietists persecuted, Quakerism, Sandro Botticelli, The Ranters, The Zohar, Theodore Roszak
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LSD- THE LONG SLOW DISTANCE OF WOODSTOCK NATION
An antipathy to the material world and to the world of government, order discipline, and force went beyond a form of heresy. It is a constant theme in most religions. Think of Saint Francis, the son of a prosperous merchant, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged Abbie Hoffman, Allen Ginsberg, Ange Lee, Bobby Seale, Carlos Castaneda, Cesar Chavez, Dave Dellinger, Horatio Alger, Michael Wadleigh, Oscar Wilde, Rimbaud, Ron Paul, Saint Francis, Taking Woodstock, The Chicago Seven, The Quakers, The Ranters, The Reformation, Thomas Webbe, William S. Burroughs, Woodstock 1969, Woodstock documentary, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Yogi Berra
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