Alright, first I suppose I should give a background before I go on my little tirade... I am a student of both Science and Theology... and lately the two of them have been at odds. When I say "lately", I mean it in a more broad sense than most of you might... I mean it in terms of Millenia, not in terms of the Rennaissance since. However, I recently came across an unabridged copy of a particular book that I recommend to anyone with an attension span longer than their arm (a rarity, these days) and an interest in this issue... the book is called "Isis Unveiled", and it is a two book set written in the Nineteenth Century by a Madame Blavatsky. In this book series, the two books, named in relation "Science" and "Theology", are so forward thinking that one might think they were written yesterday. The books have an underlying subject (that I won't get into), but what I will note is the difference that the book "Science" makes in the level of technology compared to the level of intelligence... for the book Science cites evidence that the peoples of the East Indies may have known of such things as the Heliocentric System, the round Earth, the Solar System and the concept of being a planet in a Universe of Planets, and even theories of Evolution and such. I have also noted in some of the snippets shown that other more contemporary theories beyond the day of this book, such as the Theory of Relativity, may have been well known in the days of these peoples. So why should I care, do you say? Well... if this is true, and the evidence that was cited in this book was proven to be true (I have not found this out yet)... then our "modern" thought and science may not be so modern after all. And this book also tries to prove that there was a source for the learning of the peoples of the Indies... from a race we devolved from. I know it all sounds crazy... and many of the more "scientific" in here will probably shoot me down without even considering it. But just for a second, just wonder if it was possible... if a people who were so religious might also have been scientific to a degree at least as high as we are. Ancient Gnosticism is the search for Gnosis in one's self... to find yourself, in contemporary terms, and in so doing to reveal the shard of "God" within you. This book's very title makes a direct reference to that. The Gnostics of old learned their secrets from the peoples of the East Indies... and we KNOW that the Gnostics existed...
...and it might do pretty well - I'd recommend selling it at Spencer's, it would fit in well there. They simply expand that area where they sell all the toys...
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*grin* If I were a moderator, I would have to give that at least an "Insightful" *LOL*... Excellent comment. Better than mine...
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Alright, first I suppose I should give a background before I go on my little tirade... I am a student of both Science and Theology... and lately the two of them have been at odds. When I say "lately", I mean it in a more broad sense than most of you might... I mean it in terms of Millenia, not in terms of the Rennaissance since. However, I recently came across an unabridged copy of a particular book that I recommend to anyone with an attension span longer than their arm (a rarity, these days) and an interest in this issue... the book is called "Isis Unveiled", and it is a two book set written in the Nineteenth Century by a Madame Blavatsky. In this book series, the two books, named in relation "Science" and "Theology", are so forward thinking that one might think they were written yesterday. The books have an underlying subject (that I won't get into), but what I will note is the difference that the book "Science" makes in the level of technology compared to the level of intelligence... for the book Science cites evidence that the peoples of the East Indies may have known of such things as the Heliocentric System, the round Earth, the Solar System and the concept of being a planet in a Universe of Planets, and even theories of Evolution and such. I have also noted in some of the snippets shown that other more contemporary theories beyond the day of this book, such as the Theory of Relativity, may have been well known in the days of these peoples. So why should I care, do you say? Well... if this is true, and the evidence that was cited in this book was proven to be true (I have not found this out yet)... then our "modern" thought and science may not be so modern after all. And this book also tries to prove that there was a source for the learning of the peoples of the Indies... from a race we devolved from.
I know it all sounds crazy... and many of the more "scientific" in here will probably shoot me down without even considering it. But just for a second, just wonder if it was possible... if a people who were so religious might also have been scientific to a degree at least as high as we are.
Ancient Gnosticism is the search for Gnosis in one's self... to find yourself, in contemporary terms, and in so doing to reveal the shard of "God" within you. This book's very title makes a direct reference to that. The Gnostics of old learned their secrets from the peoples of the East Indies... and we KNOW that the Gnostics existed...
*shrug* It's all theory, of course. *grin*
Know ye not, that ye are Gods???
...and it might do pretty well - I'd recommend selling it at Spencer's, it would fit in well there. They simply expand that area where they sell all the toys ...