I'm a straw dog! Plato may have taken a good dose of ergot at a celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries :-) I remember what Garth Fowden says, in his book The Egyptian Hermes. The fact that there is no consistent philosophy across Hermetic Literature could be explained, not as mere incoherence, but as various attitudes necessary to the evolution of the student. Sometimes, the body is a prison of flesh to be fought against, that's not an absolute metaphysical truth, but as when taking care of a baby or running from a predator, it's good enough for the current circumstances... Thanks for this exploration
Yes, the inconsistency is a feature not a bug. I remember reading something in the Diamond Sutra about the infinite skillful means for bringing sentient beings to enlightenment.
Hermes is a trickster.
I've always thought that philosophy was more akin to music than mathmatics although there is a lot of each in the other.
Delighting in the topics of the unseen between your Substack and mine, Frank! ✨ I don’t know which is more real… but I don’t think I could love the material OR the spiritual without the other to add to the magic and mystery. Thank you for the insights!!
I'm a straw dog! Plato may have taken a good dose of ergot at a celebration of the Eleusinian Mysteries :-) I remember what Garth Fowden says, in his book The Egyptian Hermes. The fact that there is no consistent philosophy across Hermetic Literature could be explained, not as mere incoherence, but as various attitudes necessary to the evolution of the student. Sometimes, the body is a prison of flesh to be fought against, that's not an absolute metaphysical truth, but as when taking care of a baby or running from a predator, it's good enough for the current circumstances... Thanks for this exploration
Yes, the inconsistency is a feature not a bug. I remember reading something in the Diamond Sutra about the infinite skillful means for bringing sentient beings to enlightenment.
Hermes is a trickster.
I've always thought that philosophy was more akin to music than mathmatics although there is a lot of each in the other.
Delighting in the topics of the unseen between your Substack and mine, Frank! ✨ I don’t know which is more real… but I don’t think I could love the material OR the spiritual without the other to add to the magic and mystery. Thank you for the insights!!
New mantra. Everything is real.