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It's my personal soapbox, a place for me to express thoughts and feelings, musings and rants, reflections and recollections; to have fun with words -- about things spiritual, environmental, social, political, economic, and, from time to time, personal. And of course about peace. Soapboxes are in public places (as London's legendary Hyde Park) on purpose, and so I invite conversations with you, for it is through civil discourse that we can gain some perspective on the seeming chaos of these changing times and learn together how to shape a positive future for ourselves, our communities, and the generations to come.

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Jesus, Christianity, Mysticism, and SBNR


There was no such thing as Christianity in Jesus’ time. He was not only a Jew but, even more importantly, a mystic Jew, a Kabbalist. He and Mary Magdalene together represented the Kabbalistic “Sacred Marriage”. After his death, the disciples went on to found Christianity, filtering Jesus’ teachings through their own earthly predispositions and worldviews, and redacting the gospels to fit into those worldviews, often motivated by institutional political agendas.