Comments on: Some well-written posts about occult/spiritualist/millenarian obsessions before and during the French Revolution http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695 Anti-Theory Conspiracy Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Terry Melanson http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30378 Terry Melanson Thu, 17 May 2012 23:45:05 +0000 http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30378 It's result of Hinduism meets Mesmerism. It’s result of Hinduism meets Mesmerism.

]]> By: Jason http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30376 Jason Thu, 17 May 2012 23:10:30 +0000 http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30376 So, the law of attraction is popularized gnosticism? So, the law of attraction is popularized gnosticism?

]]> By: Terry Melanson http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30361 Terry Melanson Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:31 +0000 http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30361 New Thought and the Unity Church certainly use the word "christianity." That's about all I can say. As far as their teachings, it isn't too over-the-top to classify it as heretical. Basic tenets (according to themselves): <blockquote> God: Divine Mind, absolute good, and therefore the concept of evil is merely ignorance. Man: "We are spiritual beings, ideas in the Mind of God." Jesus: "a special person"; "a Teacher." The Bible: "a body of history"; "a great literary work"; any deep significance to be found is only due to a "metaphysical interpretation." The virgin birth: "spiritually interpreted as the birth of the Christ consciousness." The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit interpreted metaphysically as "mind, idea, and expression." Salvation: "the death of Jesus ... did not relieve us of the necessity of working out our own salvation." Sin and the Devil: "Heaven and hell are states of consciousness"; "Sin is our separation from God in consciousness, caused by our [mistaken] belief in the 'devil'." </blockquote> New Thought and the Unity Church certainly use the word “christianity.” That’s about all I can say. As far as their teachings, it isn’t too over-the-top to classify it as heretical.

Basic tenets (according to themselves):

God: Divine Mind, absolute good, and therefore the concept of evil is merely ignorance.

Man: “We are spiritual beings, ideas in the Mind of God.”

Jesus: “a special person”; “a Teacher.”

The Bible: “a body of history”; “a great literary work”; any deep significance to be found is only due to a “metaphysical interpretation.”

The virgin birth: “spiritually interpreted as the birth of the Christ consciousness.”

The Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit interpreted metaphysically as “mind, idea, and expression.”

Salvation: “the death of Jesus … did not relieve us of the necessity of working out our own salvation.”

Sin and the Devil: “Heaven and hell are states of consciousness”; “Sin is our separation from God in consciousness, caused by our [mistaken] belief in the ‘devil’.”

]]> By: Jason http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30355 Jason Thu, 17 May 2012 15:12:16 +0000 http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Blog/?p=4695#comment-30355 So, let me ask this question: Is the law of attraction, used as it is now by every "success guru" out there, really just a way of indoctrinating the masses into the occult? In the early 20th century, when this stuff was first being promulgated, most of the best writers on the law of attraction were Christians. I am thinking here of James Allen and Florence Scovel Shinn. So, let me ask this question: Is the law of attraction, used as it is now by every “success guru” out there, really just a way of indoctrinating the masses into the occult? In the early 20th century, when this stuff was first being promulgated, most of the best writers on the law of attraction were Christians. I am thinking here of James Allen and Florence Scovel Shinn.

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