or "The Supreme Doctrine" by Hubert Benoit.
Mind you, neither of these men have anything good to say about organized religion except that it is a form of self-hypnosis, yet they assert that there is a state of consciousness, an awakening (that some call religion) that is not just the projection of despair.
Joanna
Eubulides wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Thornton" <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net>
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>....I only just recently began to think of religion as
>something other than the "sleep of reason" and I am still trying to work
>out a usable explanation I can share with others in the form of an
>article.
>Any recommendations of reference materials someone has used in line with
>this thinking would be appreciated. Maybe Chip in particular can help me?
>
>John Thornton
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>See:
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>"Selling God: American Religion in the Marketplace of Culture" by R.
>Laurence Moore [Oxford U. Press, 1994]
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