Spiral carvings on Long Meg, a menhir that sits outside the Long Meg and her Daughters stone circle in Cumbria
Here are a few more thoughts that percolated through me during my stay in the Lake District.
The spiritual meaning of art belongs to the realm of the subjective or superconscious mind. Only when the objective mind is stilled, rendered quiet and receptive, does the subjective mind increase its sensitivity and powers and “make contact” with that which we truly wish to know.
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In the case of earlier “dark” stages, recognition comes well after the experiences had been fully passed through. Blindness is an occult law of the spiritual path.
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Visualization in the deepest sense is an occult science.
–Finley Eversole
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November 25, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Maureen
Fascinating image. Love the quotes.
November 26, 2009 at 9:30 am
Deborah Barlow
The word “occult” has so many negative connotations in our culture. From the Latin occultus, it means that which is hidden. But our linear and scientific heritage has turned that into a sinister and “inappropriate” term. I’m glad you connected with these quotes as well.
December 11, 2012 at 10:57 pm
Finley Eversole
Hi Deborah: Just stumbled across your remark. Yes, the word “occult” has been distorted from its original and true meaning by dark forces seeking to mislead people. All high spiritual truths of every religion and great philosophidcal system are “occult” in the original sences, meaning they transcend our visible, tangible, measurable world and belong to the world of the unseen. As St. Paul said, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” Every person on earth who believes in a Higher Reality inaccessible to the senses is a believer in the “occult.” This word is misapplied when attributed only to dark, evil, destructive forces. These are often working “unseen” as well, but they are distortions of all that is true, Real and eternal.
It is very important in my view that we work to restore words and ideas to their TRUE meaning — reedeem them, as it were, by calling attention to their original spiritual significance.
— Finley Eversole
December 12, 2012 at 1:15 am
Deborah Barlow
Thank you Finley for your addendum. I am in agreement. I am also honored that you found your way to Slow Muse.
March 27, 2010 at 10:42 am
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