Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01070)

In his book "THE COSMIC WOMB: An Interpretation
of Man's Relationship to the Infinite," the
metaphysican Arthur W. Osborn writes:

"Images of the Supreme, although taken for
the Ultimate by some simple devotees, are more
readily explicable as projections, either
individual or communal, of doctrinal beliefs
concerning Krishna, Christ, Kali or other
personalized aspects of Deity. We
say 'communal' projections because any
religious symbol, which perhaps for centuries
has become a focus for devotion, could assume
concrete reality. Occultism provides some
striking instances of the power of group thinking
to create 'thought forms' of sufficient
intensity to become 'objects' of perception.
Centers of energy would seem to have been formed
on some superphysical plane capable of
exercising influence in physical affairs. . . ." p. 59

Daniel
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