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by Robert Baird
Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:15 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in God.
Replies: 10
Views: 20850

Re: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in

Hmmmm. Any organization seeking members and money from them qualifies as a religion in my book. If you said that is an ecclesiasty I would agree, but in the vernacular we probably would agree any pursuit of power (siddhis too) for personal gain falls in between a religion and discipline. It is a cas...
by Robert Baird
Tue Oct 27, 2015 3:05 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Origin of the Christian doctrine of eternal torment
Replies: 7
Views: 22468

Re: Origin of the Christian doctrine of eternal torment

My two cents - I say Zoroastrianism and Zarathustra hearken back to far earlier disciplines and systems of thought. Gurdjieff said he was a 'speaker' for these ancient systems and his disciple Idres Shah and others can take us back to a time when the white man did not yet exist. The Kabbalistic Tree...
by Robert Baird
Tue Oct 27, 2015 2:40 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in God.
Replies: 10
Views: 20850

Re: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in

I did exchange e-mails with Alex last night - I guess he will have his administrator do the approvals today. However, the administrator is friends with a cult type guy who used to be the primary force or posting person along with other extremists and alien interventionists. So I will continue to dea...
by Robert Baird
Mon Oct 26, 2015 7:49 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in God.
Replies: 10
Views: 20850

Re: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in

Dear S That would be most appreciated. If you have any difficulty joining (It takes a couple of days to get approval to post usually) just drop me a line here and I will tell the owner (Alex is the contact and you can drop him a line saying I want you to be able to post - there are many spamming por...
by Robert Baird
Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:50 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in God.
Replies: 10
Views: 20850

Re: The Baha'i Source some call God(s) and why I believe in

Dear S Well said. It is good to use our potential to be a participant in creating Harmony and Divine Providence. Bucky Fuller says we can "creatively realize" most anything, and he did. Teilhard de Chardin says one thought perfectly formed can create a 'temple' to manifest reality. I like ...
by Robert Baird
Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:51 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Theurgical (Magical) Heads
Replies: 16
Views: 30199

Re: Theurgical (Magical) Heads

The recipes for animating the inanimate are many and likewise for the golem or once animate such as your fig and oil ritual. This is why I highlighted that section in red - blood red. There are many rituals from the Star-Fire Ceremony (see my article on the Dragon Court) to the cannibalism of the Eu...
by Robert Baird
Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Theurgical (Magical) Heads
Replies: 16
Views: 30199

Re: Theurgical (Magical) Heads

If one seeks gnosis as the Gnostics did they will find what Michael Grant said was the primary and highest intellectual school of the Mediterranean around and before the time of the mythical Jesus (title but certainly Yeshua's family had an alchemist or wise man in every generation who studied and d...
by Robert Baird
Sat Oct 24, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Some Notes on Plato
Replies: 8
Views: 17531

Re: Some Notes on Plato

It is incumbent on any serious student of the sages to actually study what system of thought they were part of, I think. But how many scholars are alchemists? It would be difficult to be a paradigm academic person and retain the kind of involvement an alchemist must have. It was even difficult for S...
by Robert Baird
Sat Oct 24, 2015 8:58 am
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Some Notes on Plato
Replies: 8
Views: 17531

Re: Some Notes on Plato

Plato may have been unable to gain entry into the Mysteries at Eleusis according to one author - this lead to his theocratic acceptance which was later used by those called Illuminati. I am not sure that author is correct - nor can anyone be certain about anything relating to what is written - becau...
by Robert Baird
Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:47 pm
Forum: Classical Texts and History
Topic: Theurgical (Magical) Heads
Replies: 16
Views: 30199

Re: Theurgical (Magical) Heads

Great Thread and lots to sink my teeth into as an introduction. Unfortunately it would take a couple of books to address it all. I have written those books and much more. Might I provide links to threads at another site where a great deal already is compiled? This may be comparing apples & orang...