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Started Jan 23, 2010 0 Replies 0 Likes
I am a Hermetic philosopher - a scientific materialist turned seeker at 18. My path began in darkness, and has led me from worldliness to otherworldliness to an integration of both - the alchemical Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo, respectively. After…Continue
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- What brings you to Esoteric Online?
- I'm here to exchange knowledge with others whose interests parallel or intersect with my own. I prefer inner exploration over outer exploration. Virtual friendships are always a plus as are friendships in real-time.
- Current Path
- Seeker (default)
- Favorite Sacred Sciences
- Mysticism, Alchemy, Qabalah, Gnosticism, Formless Yogas (Mahamudra)
- About Me
- BA - Philosophy, Long Island University
MTS - Theological Studies, Drew University
PhD - Human Development & Clinical Psychology, University of MD
Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor
National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC)
National Board Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
National Board Certified Master Addictions Counselor
National Board Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy (NBCCH)
- Astrological Sign
- Moonchild
- Favorite Books
- Too many to name! Mostly books concerned with the further reaches of human development, but I'm actually not the dry academic that my bio suggests. The Electric Acid Kool-Aid Test, books by Herman Hesse, Philip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Aldous Huxley. But, I'm not a big reader of fiction. Instructive guides for my spiritual journey have been important: BE HERE NOW, R.M. Bucke's Cosmic Consciousness, Plotinus' The Enneads, Iamblichus' On the Mysteries, Writings by Pseudo-Dionysus, Paul Tillich's The Eternal Now, Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, The Nag Hammadi library, The Bible, The Ante-Nicean Fathers, The Collected Works of Plato, Upanishads, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Tao Te Ching, Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism, Autobiography of a Yogi, The Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Books by: William James, Marie Louise von Franz, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Edward Edinger, James Hillman, Richard Noll, Ken Wilber, Alan Watts, R.D. Laing, Ram Dass, John C. Lilly, Stanislav Grof, Terrence McKenna, Victor Frankl, Abraham Maslow, Soren Kierkegaard, John Shelby Spong, Freke & Gandy, Hans Jonas, Elaine Pagels, Joseph Campbell, Lama Anagarika Govinda, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Gopi Krishna, Eliphas Levi, Aleister Crowley, Richard Cavendish, Gershom Scholem, Will Parfitt's 'The Elements of the Qabalah,' Paracelsus, Frater Albertus, Mark Stavish, Manfred Junius, R.A. Bartlett, D.W. Hauck, D.M. Murdock's 'Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection,' Rupert Sheldrake...
- Favorite Films
- 'The Matrix' trilogy, Pleasantville, Network, The Wizard of Oz, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), War of the Worlds (1953 & 2005), The Thing (1951), Invaders From Mars (1953), Forbidden Planet (1956), Fantastic Planet (1973), Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lord of the Flies (original), Apocalypse Now, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Razor's Edge, Altered States, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining (1980), Harold & Maude, Brewster McCloud, The Fly (1958 & 1986), Lord of the Flies (1963), Dr. Strangelove, El Topo, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, The Lord of the Rings, The Back to the Future films, Fantasia (1940), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Renegade, Midnight Cowboy, The Graduate, The Trip, Psyche-Out, Easy Rider, Vanishing Point (1971), Ghost, The Doors, The Truman Show, Avatar, Poison: The Story of a Murderer, The Jonses, The Adjustment Bureau, Source Code, Inception, and Limitless. Lots more.
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Thanks for the greet and welcome Markos. Greetings from West Kendall in Miami.
Thankyou, I will definitely check it out!
I am a late-comer, in absolute terms, though I was only 2 in '72 within this incarnation. My first show was 1993 Jerry Band at Shoreline and then up to the 1993 Eugene Dead shows. Had seen Widespread Panic and Phish a bunch in my college years, but it took going out West to be with the dead. I saw all the shows once in '94 and then got lost alone in downtown Atlanta: Shiva showed me a couple faces that night.
My most recent show was Furthur last November in Amherst MA and would be going this Saturday to Wallingford CT but have a bit of an illness; I will presently post in my pictures my recent CT Scan in my pictures so you and all can see the issue.
So the love for me has got to be real, and it is: what a fantastic, sometimes terrible, unlikely yet certain, wondrously winding journey.
Oh and I will also post my car; when you see the badge you will see the reason for her name.
Mark, I was not being clear in my writing yesterday, no two ways about that.
Basically, I saw from your pictures that you were a deadhead, and clearly a seeker (as you are here at Esoteric Online). The combination made me feel a connection and hence the invitation to be friends here. There are a slew of other connections, perhaps we will delve into them as we journey..
Rosicrucian☤Tris☤ said…
My username is Mutatis Mutandis. A friend suggested this site, and while browsing, I saw that your profile matches mine to a certain degree but of course, and as I am still a newbie, I have nothing much as yet...
I'd like us to become friends, if you don't mind.
In Dimension 3, I am a female and come from a wonderful place called Lebanon... That's for the basics :)
So I hope to read you soon, and thanks for being such a great soul.
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