Comments for steve watson http://stevewatson.info/blog opinions under construction Sun, 20 May 2012 14:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 Comment on A Puzzle about Spirit Opposition in Later Ascension Plotlines by steve watson » Blog Archive » Completing the Vision of Mary http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/02/12/a-puzzle-about-spirit-opposition-in-later-ascension-plotlines/#comment-3846 steve watson » Blog Archive » Completing the Vision of Mary Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:52:47 +0000 http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/02/12/a-puzzle-about-spirit-opposition-in-later-ascension-plotlines/#comment-3846 [...] for the teachings here? Finally, and this is my own interest, that progress is interrupted by the opposition of guardian spirits (powers) at each level, another instance of a frequent feature of apocalyptic ascensions whose [...] […] for the teachings here? Finally, and this is my own interest, that progress is interrupted by the opposition of guardian spirits (powers) at each level, another instance of a frequent feature of apocalyptic ascensions whose […]

]]> Comment on Sufi Schemata for Tazkiyat an-Nafs by steve watson » Blog Archive » The Names and Order of the Seven Heavens http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/01/19/sufi-shemata-for-tazkiyat-an-nafs/#comment-3797 steve watson » Blog Archive » The Names and Order of the Seven Heavens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:55:52 +0000 http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/01/19/sufi-shemata-for-tazkiyat-an-nafs/#comment-3797 [...] are these heavens identical to the ‘worlds’ described in the entry on Tazkiyat an-Nafs? I have no idea, but again, they don’t look obviously [...] […] are these heavens identical to the ‘worlds’ described in the entry on Tazkiyat an-Nafs? I have no idea, but again, they don’t look obviously […]

]]> Comment on Sufi Schemata for Tazkiyat an-Nafs by steve watson » Blog Archive » A Note on a Second Doctrine of Worlds http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/01/19/sufi-shemata-for-tazkiyat-an-nafs/#comment-3777 steve watson » Blog Archive » A Note on a Second Doctrine of Worlds Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:06:52 +0000 http://stevewatson.info/blog/2012/01/19/sufi-shemata-for-tazkiyat-an-nafs/#comment-3777 [...] have currency in different branches of Islamic thought; the cosmology inherent in the chart of the tazkiyat an nafs is just one of them. There is also a ‘gnostic’ cosmology that is also included in the [...] […] have currency in different branches of Islamic thought; the cosmology inherent in the chart of the tazkiyat an nafs is just one of them. There is also a ‘gnostic’ cosmology that is also included in the […]

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