Illumination

From: Greg Stafford <greg_at_glorantha.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 22:50:37 -0700


At 17:00 04/19/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Illumination does have a negative aspect certainly, given that it is
>not mysticism.

In fact, Illumination IS a form of mysticism. See Hero Wars p 221.

>But illumination *certainly* doesn't teach that "what everybody says or
>believes is wrong", because this is what everyone already knows in the
>first place.

Correct. This is an interpretation of the experience that Illumination gives.

>The idea that "what everybody says or believes is wrong" is simply an
>expression of the Dark Side of illumination, minus the idea that one is
>transcendentally right where everyone else is wrong.
This interpretation is in fact wrong.

>Illumination is a form of limited transcendance where previously distinct
>categories are perceived (contrary to other members of one's society) to
>be expressions of a larger transcendental concept that is unexplainable
>using the ordinary logic, words, rituals, or language of the society.
This is a prtty good definition of mysticism.

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