"Where Sin Abounded, Grace Did Much More Abound" Romans 5:20
In my previous post, God in Our Image, I shared part of a conversation I'd had with Jesus over a question about prayer. This post is to share more of that conversation. One of the questions I'd had about prayer was the idea of praying to our Creator as "Father" or as "Mother." How can… Continue reading Communication with the Spirit World
I have often struggled with perfectionism—the desire to "get it all right" by whatever elusive religious standard may be present, real or imagined—because I was afraid of what would happen if I got anything wrong. This is a trauma response, I now realize, that had been beaten into me beginning at the age of two… Continue reading God in Our Image
We must be emptied before we can be filled. ❤️🌟🙏🏼
There is no condition placed upon Jesus's invitation, aside from need. Just come. ❤️🌟🙏🏼
A little more than a year ago, I was unexpectedly given a vision of Hell, and in many ways, it wasn't what I'd expected. Certain aspects, yes, but there were several things that surprised me. I've been a little hesitant to write about this, because so many visions of Hell that people have claimed to have had are really in many ways just projections of their own fears or convoluted beliefs about God's nature, and to claim to have a vision of Hell feels to me to be a bit sensationalized or overly dramatic, which is a turn-off in my opinion. But as skeptical of a mystic as I am (an odd combination to be sure, but it's actually a good balance to have), I think it's the right time to share about what I was shown.
The kabbalists made the fantastic claim that their mystical teachings derived from the Garden of Eden. This suggests that Kabbalah conveys our original nature: the unbound awareness of Adam and Eve. We have lost this nature, the most ancient tradition, as the inevitable consequence of tasking the fruit of knowledge, the price of maturity and… Continue reading In the Garden
I've started re-reading a book by Richard Smoley, "Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition." Although he goes into greater detail about this concept, the key to a beginner's understanding of Mary Magdalene's supposed possession by and deliverance from seven demons can be summed up by Smoley's words here: "[The] central theme [of Gnosticism]… Continue reading The Seven Veils and Illumination
Happy Feast Day of Mary Magdalene! 😊❤ In the charismatic churches I grew up in, we never really celebrated Feast Days, aside from the main ones that were Christianized, Protestantized, and tweaked even further to suit our charismatic palette, such as Easter (also known as Feast of First Fruits, among other things), so at this… Continue reading Meeting Mary
Last year, on July 25th, I wrote about an unusual experience I had. I wrote about it in this blog post, but here's a slightly condensed version of what happened: <Beginning of excerpt> As is customary for me, I had awakened and was having a hard time going back to sleep, so I started talking… Continue reading Energy Circles Revisited
July 25th, 2021 I had a most unusual experience early this morning, when it was still dark. As is customary for me, I had awakened and was having a hard time going back to sleep, so I started talking to— well, even after many years, I'm still not sure if one would call him a… Continue reading Energy Circles
Diary of a Christian Mystic 