tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post9165684649522606767..comments2024-03-25T19:48:24.624+11:00Comments on Oz Conservative: On cosmology & politicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-87614240296995498812020-10-12T22:20:02.962+11:002020-10-12T22:20:02.962+11:00There was once a correspondence between the spirit...There was once a correspondence between the spiritual insights and the corporeal structure of the cosmos and of man himself. Modern science ruptured the correspondence. We can still speak of a natural order, but it can't be conceived in quite the same way. It would combine an understanding of human nature; our higher purposes; and for those of us who are religious, a divine or spiritual aspect of existence within the nature of reality.Mark Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961688379656119701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-21642770307871553622020-10-12T10:38:22.759+11:002020-10-12T10:38:22.759+11:00As to your last sentence, I think it more accurate...As to your last sentence, I think it more accurate to say that the modern scientific concept of the Universe and Man must learn to properly absorb into itself the spiritual concepts of that older cosmology. Once materialistic Science begins to recognize the fact that human consciousness is distinct from the physical bodily sheath, and that there are supersensible organs of perception within the soul, it will also realize the accuracy of much of the Elizabethan World Picture. Catharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516327604557199619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-23027530501367307752020-10-11T23:04:02.450+11:002020-10-11T23:04:02.450+11:00Well said, Sir Luke. The Elizabethans were actual...Well said, Sir Luke. The Elizabethans were actually closer to spiritual Truth in their cosmology than we are today with all of our proud scientific knowledge. When I read Tillyard's book, I immediately perceived the correspondence between the Elizabethan "world picture" and esoteric truths. The fact of the matter is that, generally speaking, the further we go back in time the more accurate is the cosmology and spiritual insights of the English people. Catharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516327604557199619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-87738252097534775922020-10-11T22:52:57.037+11:002020-10-11T22:52:57.037+11:00I agree. One needs to supplement Tillyard with Fra...I agree. One needs to supplement Tillyard with Frances Yates in order to develop a more accurate picture. Even better, however, would be immersion in the esoteric literature itself.Catharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516327604557199619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-55865239521832308692020-10-11T22:06:42.965+11:002020-10-11T22:06:42.965+11:00The idea of the "Great chain of being" m...The idea of the "Great chain of being" makes an awful lot more sense than the alternative: "we are all atomised individual clumps of molecules randomly bumping into each other" promoted today.Lukenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6832901.post-82339254179238504552020-09-30T14:26:36.785+10:002020-09-30T14:26:36.785+10:00The Elizabethan era was quite interesting in terms...The Elizabethan era was quite interesting in terms of belief systems. Apart from mainstream beliefs there were lots of quasi-religious quasi-philosophical systems of belief such as hermeticism. There were people like Dr Dee getting into areas that today we could consider occult and/or paranormal.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com