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    rocala reacted to seattlegal's post in the thread Mercuraen? with Like Like.
    One more thing concerning Buddhism and the LHP: I'm going to copy and paste a very short sutta called Sabba Sutta: The All "Monks, I...
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    rocala reacted to seattlegal's post in the thread Mercuraen? with Like Like.
    As far as I can discern, Buddhism checks all of the LHP boxes. Buddha himself started out as a LHP sadhu, practicing austerities...
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    No, they do not. Hermeticism has the primary goal of perfecting the spirit within the body. Christian Cabala has the primary goal of...
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    Not only are those three very different concepts, but I'm pretty sure Gnosticism is the only Western practice that believes in said...
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    Another possibility would involve the nature of sentience. Sentience is possessing a subjective mind. Any sentient being is vulnerable...
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    From where do the 'majik powers' sought after by the LHP adherent originate? Are they purely of natural origin? Does the LHP deny the...
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    rocala reacted to seattlegal's post in the thread Mercuraen? with Like Like.
    Or just not believing in Absolute. One does not need to be atheistic for that. (Taoism's the only constant is Change.)
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    rocala reacted to Thomas's post in the thread Mercuraen? with Like Like.
    OK ... I cannot speak for the LHP, but I am of the opinion that having made certain assumptive errors about the RHP, I would not rely on...
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    OK. You asked ... For me, the path is The Middle Way, in which left and right are held in balance. In Buddhist terms, too great an...
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    rocala reacted to 'Amir Alzzalam's post in the thread Mercuraen? with Like Like.
    The imagery on the (Western) LHP, for the most part, is symbolic and often contains reverence for antinomian mythology such as horned...
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    Shocking imagery is part of many spiritual paths, I've noticed. Christ crucified, the martyrs, reformed demons turned Dharma Protectors...
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    rocala replied to the thread This Lucifer thing ....
    Thank you @Thomas, great work so far, and I am looking forward to more. Curiously, I was always a little irritated when people referred...
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    As for 'Gnostic Christianity' – I can't find any historical reference to 'Lucifer' other than those texts which emerge in the late 19th...
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    4: Popular Theology Distinct from the formal theology of the Church, 'popular theology' is the informal theological speech of society...
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    Interesting history...but what of a conclusion? Is the path of lucifer divinely inspired, man's mistranslation, accidental, intentional...
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