Omnipotence does not mean power to do absurdities. The compulsion of another’s will is such an absurdity, and therefore no real omnipotence could force such a compulsion. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Angels and Demons
I have seen that every man receives at his birth two spirits, one good, the other evil. The good one is heavenly by nature and belongs to the lowest hierarchy; the evil one is not a devil, not yet in torments, though deprived of the vision of God. ~ Anne Catherine Emmerich Continue reading
Dante and the Hermetic Method
James led a public discussion of the inner meaning of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Here are links to the text to be discussed: One is the Longfellow translation chosen because it’s easy to find online: Divine Comedy Volume 1 Canto 9 The other is the Carlyle translation which is a literal, … Continue reading
Love and Work
To find the perfect woman, you yourself would have to be perfect. The Cabbala explains that all pre-existing souls have a male and female part, that separate at birth. Only if the human being is pure and his deeds are pleasing to God, will the union fall to his lot which he possessed before birth. Continue reading