/lit/ - Literature

>>2027594
I'm back. Does that make this a "bardic knowledge" thread?

>>2027623
I like some of Crowley's ideas, and I dislike others. Not sure what to make of him, to be honest. I equate him synchronistically with Darth Vader unmasked. The Old Adam, the Old Ego.

From what I've read (separate accounts of hundreds of regressive hypnotherapy sessions led by Drs. Michael Newton and Brian Weiss), death isn't necessarily escape from the wheel. You reincarnate repeatedly to learn spiritual lessons. I think an MMORPG is a good analogy: you log in, level up, log out, repeat. Earth as training grounds.

But as Buddha, Crowley, et al said, there is an escape. You don't have to work out all your karma, you just have to transcend the idea that it has anything to do with your identity! Then, supposedly, you're free. That's probably an oversimplification, but I don't the hierarchy of physical and nonphysical inhabited worlds.

>>2027630
I would argue that all forms are manifestations of the Godhead, which transcends the world of form. This belief is called panentheism, as opposed the pantheism you've suggested, which simply equates God with form.

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>>2027645
I haven't read him. But Hegel did a fantastic job. Where should I start with Kierkegaard?