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  1. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Two Different Approaches to Knowing God...

    I always thought of the logos as mystical, like the Tao in Taoism. Gnosis was the capacity to grasp the true logos. Gnosis is a perceptual mechanism whereas logos is the true reality. I guess what I'm saying is that gnosis is the knowing and logos is what is being known.
  2. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Blog and Podcast can be found here. http://www.graveyardcowboy.blogspot.com

    Blog and Podcast can be found here. http://www.graveyardcowboy.blogspot.com
  3. The Graveyard Cowboy

    I am a spiritual seeker and friend of the Earth. I have a blog and podcast on Christian...

    I am a spiritual seeker and friend of the Earth. I have a blog and podcast on Christian mysticism and meditation.
  4. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    Walking in Memphis, walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale! I have walked on Beale Street, back when I was 20, on a road trip with a friend, ah....no big mystical hallelujah though... I too, am much more interested in the meditative experience of going inward and spiraling throughout...
  5. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    Thanks for your excitement! It is good to get, and it is shared. Yes, the Emergence Church is "stuck" where you locate them in Fowler's system. I have no doubt many in that movement would be folks that I, too, would like to be friends with (I may even want to interview you and your friend...
  6. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    Good point. As I see you also are familiar with Ken Wilber, I am reminded of his system that sees "waking up" (spiritual experience, mystical states) as distinct from the stages/ladder of "growing up" (psychological/philosophical maturity). So, as strange as it sounds, you can have an...
  7. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    Well said, Windwalker. It is amazing how so many in that tradition make snap judgments on mere words and don't even understand the history of their own tradition. Perhaps it will change with younger generations. The Pentecostals have a lot of good components to their worship I think, but I...
  8. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    Also, an update. As I have posted my above article, which is really just a simple way of saying that Pentecostals are mystics using a broad definition of mysticism. I am noticing that many Pentecostals reject the term mystic. And the ones that don't think catholics and anglicans have made a...
  9. The Graveyard Cowboy

    Pentecostal Christians and Mysticism

    This is a fantastic thread. I have been thinking a lot about it myself recently. I like the idea of Pentecostals opening to the wider tradition of mysticism within Christianity, though as many have already mentioned, there are reasons why they don't. I wrote a simple blog post on this topic...
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