Mastering One System First

Mastering one system of mystery may be the key to open others. Eventually all systems share common origins and beliefs.

This is not a totally new concept to me but it has been made clearer in the recent weeks.

There are positives to most belief systems that cannot be denied. Even certain religions that are often demonized in the public eye hold truths that are of value once you look past the surface.

For many, if not most, we have a cultural tie to one religion system or another. On the outset there are some positives, like living honestly and with righteousness intent. Below that there may be negatives associated with the religion because of the dogma that it carries: brainwashing tactics, misuse of monies donated in the form of tithes and even a judgmental climate among the membership.

The damage that is done by organized religion is felt across the planet and it won't stop any time soon. This may be because the real understanding of what spirituality is and what these faith systems promote beneath the surface is not understood by the masses.

For me it is starting to become clearer.  Once I was so disenchanted with the idea of religion that I felt I had no choice but atheism and scientism. Man was in charge of his own outcomes and his own destiny. And maybe there was nothing else beyond this mortal life.

I suppose that way of thinking would not have lasted much longer even if I were not as curious as I am naturally. I know there is always more beneath the surface and I never stopped looking.

I always noticed the many shared ideas and concepts in many religions. That posed questions that were never answered satisfactorily. Why are those ideas so similar? Where did they originate? And does anyone hold the truth in full?

Here is where it becomes important to go back to the system that you are most familiar with, and master it, before dabbling and trying other things: you will have a background and a foundation to stand on to propel you further so that when you do look to study the other systems you will be at an intermediate level as opposed to a beginner.

I am not saying to go back to dogma. And I am not saying to go back to fundamentalism in your belief. And I am not saying to ever discount what another faith system is promotion or to take the viewpoint that it is evil or misguided.

Perhaps the best way to describe it is that each system is a unique language for talking with god.

Each has its own magick and power that can be mastered. Each has its mysteries that can be understood.

So before abandoning one way of looking at things to begin on another brand new path, take a step back to explore the esoteric ideas that you missed the first time.

I don't mean for this to sound at all like a lecture because in reality this is only a lesson for myself to learn, but by sharing it I might help another who is in a similar situation.

There is real magick in the faith as has been manifest in so many examples. Amazing examples that cannot be explained by science or conventional logic. And it is not exclusive to one faith system. It is available to all of us.

For my journey it is coming together now that I have gone back to accepting that there must be more. I cannot accept that there is nothing beyond this world.

For my part, I intend to master one system, while keeping my eyes and heart open to the mysteries all around us.

If religion is only a language for talking with god, then we might better understand what god is and what true religion is. Religion free from dogma.

When a man prays for a thing and the thing comes true, the magick worked. It's not that his faith is more true or correct, it is that he mastered the system that he knows. Another man might meditate and focus on a thing and again that will work. Because he has mastered his own system.

So if you already have a system, search for the esoteric and occult knowledge that exists there.

I believe that it will all come back to a point. There is a universal truth, and the magick is real.

The journey has to begin with a simple, single step. So by beginning with the familiar we can explore the yet unknown.

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Dogma is everywhere

I grew up in a severe religious culture. Not the kind of religion that you participate in casually. It was all or nothing. Some might even call it a cult. I'm undecided on using that term. But that should paint the picture.

Of course it was all crazy. For an outsider, it would seem ludicrous for anyone to be a faithful follower of that religious breed.  I agree. It's crazy town. BUT, on the inside it doesn't always seem that way. Imagine being indoctrinated into a belief system since birth, and your whole life that line of education is continuously pounded into you from the leadership of your community. Over and over and over.

And everyone else around you also believes the crazy. Hook line and sinker. It becomes easier and easier to submit to that dogma and join the crazy train.

And that process is impossible for an outsider to really understand. You have to live it.

And not only do you have to live it, but you need to escape it.

And once you escape it you have to look back on it with fresh eyes.

And like the matrix, you can see that world for what it really was.

Dogma. A control system. An imposed belief system that makes herding the sheep a hellava lot easier.

It wasn't all lies. And that's why it works. A little bit of truth mixed in with an agenda. Just enough truth to get people to bite the hook.

That's what a cult is. That is what modern religion is.

So skipping over my peek behind the curtain and finally seeing who and what was controlling the machine of my religion, here I am.

I made it. So what's next. What happens when everything you had been taught and everything you believed turns out to be a hoax?

First you get pissed.

That will pass.

Then you get hungry.

I was left with a void. I always wanted knowledge. I had so many questions before that couldn't be answered. Now I was left with even more questions because a huge part of my knowledge base turned out to be a fairy tale.

Cool, now I have no limitations. No box to mold my experiences into. No dogmatic worldview that forces me to fit the life experiences I have into, in order for them to make sense.

Nope. None of that. Clean slate.

What happened next was that I immediately went the other way. If religion is false, then of course science right?

Sure. Science is important.

And here comes the other shoe about to drop.

Science as we know it doesn't have all the answers either.

Bummer. No problem. At least with science there is a continuous search for truth and a process to prove the claims of truth that we accept and believe. Right?

Right. Except there is a dogma attached to scientists and it's just as bad as religion.

Another dogma.

Read that again.

Science in its pure form, when it is intellectually honest, is amazing. The answers we don't yet have, we CAN have. We just need to put in the work.

So what do we really know now?

What do I really know? Essentially I know that I just don't know.

There is an overlap, I believe, with our human history, religious texts and science. The stories in scripture may not be literal. I believe they are not. But they are full of symbolism and metaphor. Occult meanings laid out in the form of stories.

Modern religion for the most part neglects these concepts. Instead they focus on the literal, and have faith in fairy tales.

However, if you remove the dogma from religion and realize that there is more to the world than science can yet explain, then pieces begin to fall into place.

Is there a god? I don't think so. Is there life after death? I believe so. Is there a higher power that binds us? My experience tells me yes.


This is just the groundwork for what I have planned to publish in the days to come.

These ideas are beginning to flesh themselves out and manifest. Concepts are becoming more and more clear. The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.

If anyone tells you they have all the answers...well......

Dogma in science is just as bad as dogma in religion

I grew up in a severe religious culture. Not the kind of religion that you participate in casually. It was all or nothing. Some might even call it a cult. I'm undecided on using that term. But that should paint the picture.

Of course it was all crazy. For an outsider, it would seem ludicrous for anyone to be a faithful follower of that religious breed.  I agree. It's crazy town. BUT, on the inside it doesn't always seem that way. Imagine being indoctrinated into a belief system since birth, and your whole life that line of education is continuously pounded into you from the leadership of your community. Over and over and over.

And everyone else around you also believes the crazy. Hook line and sinker. It becomes easier and easier to submit to that dogma and join the crazy train. 

And that process is impossible for an outsider to really understand. You have to live it. 

And not only do you have to live it, but you need to escape it. 

And once you escape it you have to look back on it with fresh eyes. 

And like the matrix, you can see that world for what it really was.

Dogma. A control system. An imposed belief system that makes herding the sheep a hellava lot easier.  

It wasn't all lies. And that's why it works. A little bit of truth mixed in with an agenda. Just enough truth to get people to bite the hook. 

That's what a cult is. That is what modern religion is. 

So skipping over my peek behind the curtain and finally seeing who and what was controlling the machine of my religion, here I am.

I made it. So what's next. What happens when everything you had been taught and everything you believed turns out to be a hoax?

First you get pissed. 

That will pass.

Then you get hungry.

I was left with a void. I always wanted knowledge. I had so many questions before that couldn't be answered. Now I was left with even more questions because a huge part of my knowledge base turned out to be a fairy tale.

Cool, now I have no limitations. No box to mold my experiences into. No dogmatic worldview that forces me to fit the life experiences I have into, in order for them to make sense.

Nope. None of that. Clean slate.

What happened next was that I immediately went the other way. If religion is false, then of course science right?

Sure. Science is important. 

And here comes the other shoe about to drop.

Science as we know it doesn't have all the answers either. 

Bummer. No problem. At least with science there is a continuous search for truth and a process to prove the claims of truth that we accept and believe. Right?

Right. Except there is a dogma attached to scientists and it's just as bad as religion. 

Another dogma.

Read that again.

Science in its pure form, when it is intellectually honest, is amazing. The answers we don't yet have, we CAN have. We just need to put in the work.

So what do we really know now?

What do I really know? Essentially I know that I just don't know.

There is an overlap, I believe, with our human history, religious texts and science. The stories in scripture may not be literal. I believe they are not. But they are full of symbolism and metaphor. Occult meanings laid out in the form of stories. 

Modern religion for the most part neglects these concepts. Instead they focus on the literal, and have faith in fairy tales.

However, if you remove the dogma from religion and realize that there is more to the world than science can yet explain, then pieces begin to fall into place.

Is there a god? I don't think so. Is there life after death? I believe so. Is there a higher power that binds us? My experience tells me yes.

This is just the groundwork for what I have planned to publish in the days to come. 

These ideas are beginning to flesh themselves out and manifest. Concepts are becoming more and more clear. The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.

If anyone tells you they have all the answers...well......

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Joseph Smith and the Greek Psalter

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The Greek Psalter Incident

Professor Henry Caswall, a professor, reverand and skeptic of Joseph Smith, visited Nauvoo on April 18 & 19, 1842. Caswell claims to have given Joseph Smith a very old Greek Psalter to examine and asked him what it was. (A Psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms and which often contains other devotional material. In the early Middle Ages Psalters were amongst the most popular types of manuscripts, rivaled only by the Gospel Books.) Caswell knew that Joseph was involved with translating other ancient documents, such as the Book of Mormon from Reformed Egyptian and the Book of Abraham from Egyptian papyri, therefore Caswall most likely wanted to see if he could trick Joseph with his ancient Greek manuscript. Professor Caswell reported that Joseph examined the ancient document and replied that it was a Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Caswall knew Joseph was wrong as this was a known Greek Psalter and definitely not Egyptian. Caswall says that he told this incident to Mormon apostle Dr. William Richards who said "Sometimes Mr. Smith speaks as mere man. If he gave a wrong opinion respecting the book, he spoke as a mere man." 

Overview of LDS position

From the Encyclopedia of Mormonism:

"Called the "Anti-Mormon Extraordinaire," the Reverend Henry Caswall published The City of the Mormons, or Three Days at Nauvoo. He claimed that he gave Joseph Smith a copy of a Greek manuscript of the Psalms and that Smith identified it as a dictionary of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Caswall invented dialogue between himself and Smith to portray Joseph Smith as ignorant, uncouth, and deceptive."

Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1-4 vols., edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan, 1992), p.47. Cited in BYU Studies' LDS FAQ under "Anti-Mormon Publications," http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/viewEM.aspx?number=206

John A. Widtsoe, while a member of the Quorum of the 12, wrote the following about Henry Caswall: 

He told about the sport he had in fooling Joseph Smith and the people whom he met into believing that a Greek psalter he had with him was a new find, perhaps a lost scripture for the Prophet to decipher. He attributed to the Prophet the appearance of a knave and a clown, using exceedingly coarse language.

In reporting his talk with Joseph Smith, he forgot that the Prophet and many other Church members had studied, Greek, Hebrew, and other languages, sufficiently to recognize Greek script. Such mistakes are often made by those who fail to tell the truth. Caswall's bitter opposition to Mormonism was revealed in the book he wrote a year later.

John A. Widtsoe, Joseph Smith--Seeker after Truth, Prophet of God , p.97

Overview of Critics' position

What is at issue is Joseph Smith's ability as a translator, one of his roles or duties as claimed in D&C 124:125 "I give unto you my servant Joseph to be a presiding elder over all my church, to be a translator, a revelator, a seer, and prophet." It is asserted today that Joseph could translate with the use of a Urim and Thummim, a peepstone (or seerstone) and through direct revelatory means; he could do so unaided by physical media (such as plates or papyri). If Joseph was indeed a "translator," as God says he was, one would think he would also be an "identifier" as well—in other words, if he could translate ancient records, he should at the very least be able to identify the language of ancient records presented to him. There is an acknowledged problem regarding the translation of the Book of Abraham and associated papyri, and in his attempt regarding the Kinderhook Plates. The Greek Psalter incident may be another.