Our Supernatural Origins
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This is the book for those who can feel it. There is so much misinformation these days that one must decide if the information in this book is valid by how it feels. Not how it feels in the ego but in the information's ability to connect points of understanding already held in the mind but not yet integrated into understanding.
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This is an awesome book that reminds me that what is seen is temporal and what is unseen is eternal. We must live for the supernatural which is governed by a different set of principles that we often live by.

Julian Varner
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Awesome!
I learned so much about the origin of the universe , Earth, and life. I highly recommend this book!!!
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I loved this book. It's so loaded with scriptural support for visions and the prophetic! I loved all of the word origins. He did a great job helping me make sense of so many Supernatural events in my life. He emphasized that our focus is always about growing close in our relationship to God.
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I am new to kabbalah and am sad to say out of touch with my true roots as a Christian. It all feels natural, and easily explains those complexities of life. I know I have yet just begun my journey of an eternity. I am very grateful for those that were able to carry the torch for humanity.
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Frank Billman has written an interesting and extremely well documented history of God's supernatural activity from the time of the early church. Who knew early Methodists had so much fun! Although his major focus is on the supernatural in Methodism, other denominations are not excluded.  This books should be required of every Methodist seminary student and pastor and is a fascinating read for the rest of us.
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Its a great read. Why not learn about our ancestors? As humans we are a pretty recent evolution. many of the characteristics our ancestors had are still with us today.
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Having been raised Catholic and I was always fascinated by stories about excorcisms. I first read the original exorcist story that came from the movie "The Exorcist" when I was 9 years old. I recently purchased this book on Amazon after watching The Rite in theaters. Although the movie differs from the book, the book is a well deserved treat for those seeking answers about the supernatural world. Going this summer with Matt Baglio's map of Rome, and will visit the sites he mentions. Very much looking forward to it!:)<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Rite-The-Making-of-a-Modern-Exorcist/dp/B0047GNCV2/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist</a>
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The experiences and perspective of this author seemed to me, at times, to come from all things universal - as if he is a universal reporter - showing us his findings. Findings and observations that in fact could be observed by any one of us if we just took that moment to stop, look around and contemplate our own awareness that there's more to this world than meets the eye. And, upon closer examination, discovering an understanding of the nature of life itself. These are extraordinary times in which we now find ourselves and through this journey offered to us we may become cognizant of the extraordinary beings who are in our very midst and the phenomena - miraculous and supernatural - that comes with that. I think that most readers will find something in this book that they will be able to relate to in their own lives. Since, in reality, we are truly one and there is no separation, the author is, in a very interesting and captivating way, telling a story that is in our collective consciousness - yet from his own personal experience and perspective. I recommend this book anyone who's ever asked themselves "Is this all there is?"
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I know God communicates with us if we believe.  The holy Spirit guides us.  The story could actually be true.
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We cannot even begin to know or comprehend the forces which govern our world. Some are supernatural but others are the result of Man's quest for answers to the phenomenon of beings who  appear to be completely human but may be semi-divine. The ancients and such thinkers  as John Dee were convinced that certain stones could be used to communicate with God. This book, suggesting that this is possible, makes for thrilling reading.  Unaware, perhaps we are walking with angels.
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I think this is one of the best books I have read as it gives a very good reasoning of how and why human's have invented so many strange gods and why we have so many problems as a result of those gods.
As a child I traveled with my Air Force family to all corners of the earth and wondered why people in all these different cultures were so intense in their beliefs in what seemed to me to be silly Mythologies and I then began to see my own families beliefs in that same light.  All others have Mythologies but our beliefs are the "One True Religion".
This book is the best that I have read that explains why humanity has this strange way of existing that results in so much suffering, blood and carnage as these mythologies collide.
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Fascinating ride through our supernatural prehistory. Graham Hancock sure knows how to experience it and tell it! Exceedingly rich with illustrations as well.
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I would recommend this book to anybody who is seeking insight into the origin of the earth and the origin of evil.
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The Origin of Consciousness In the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Julian Jaynes

Prior to reading Dawkins The God Delusion, I had no knowledge of Julian Jaynes nor his thesis. Jaynes source material in The God Delusion provoked enough interest to order his book. It did not disappoint. The Origin of Consciousness appears to have stimulated quite a lot of debate, for as Dawkins himself writes, It is one of those books that is either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between..."
Jaynes 1976 book is eloquently written. My suggestion is to obtain a copy of any of his editions that includes the afterword, and begin with the afterword, read the book, and reread the afterword. This reader, though marginally to competently knowledgeable about the areas Jaynes covered, still struggled with the material at times. Id enjoy reading this book as part of a lecture series, with discussion of the material covered post lecture.

So, what are the hypothesis covered in The Origin of Consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameral mind? Consciousness is the development of mind space, the space which you preoptively are introspecting on or seeing at this very moment, along with the development of the sense of I being able to narratize said mind space. None of this was possible prior to to development of language. The evolution of language into a complex metaphor allowed this development to proceed.

The bicameral mind itself is that prior to consciousness as we experience, there was a different mentality based upon verbal hallucinations that emanated in the brains right hemisphere. Jaynes develops this hypothesis with many examples of the origin and slow breakdown of the bicameral mind through Bronze Age cultures, in particular Assyrian, Babylonian, Hebrew, and Greek. The bicameral mind is an ancient mentality demonstrated in the literature and artifacts of antiquity. The gods spoke directly to us via these verbal hallucinations, and Jaynes analogically connects this phenomena to schizophrenia.

Jaynes then informs the reader how this mentality was broken down over the centuries. How the gods no longer spoke directly to us, but through intermediaries via religion. Think, even now, using Christianity as an example, how so many people go to church that once per week, to hear their minister relay the word of God.

The book initiates thought, but with brevity in mind, Id like to discuss two topics. The first is chance. Jaynes postulates that the bicameral man had no real concept of chance, thus opening the doors for diviners, soothsayers, shamans , priests etc, who would make decisions based upon lots, signs in nature, entrails and so on. This process observed in movies and literature now makes sense as the gods spoke through their intermediaries. Think back as a child, the first time you were exposed to a selection process such as eeny meanie mighty mo... As a young child, with no concept of chance, figures it out quickly, but the first exposure to something like this is mystical.

Abraham and Isaac. In the Old Testament, Abraham hears the voice of His god, who orders him to sacrifice his son Isaac. Just prior to the slash of the blade, God stops Abraham. Was this Gods test for Abrahams absolute fealty, or a biblical analogy not to be taken seriously? If we are to believe the Bibles authenticity, then this really happened. What if it were to happen now, and a man took his son out and killed him with the excuse he was following Gods command? I digress.

Julian Jaynes The Origin of Consciousness in The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mimd is worth the read because it commands the reader to think. Its not an easy read, but Jaynes attempts to help the reader with subtle analogy and summarizations. The author provides compelling arguments to support his thesis. In my opinion, this book is worth the read.
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This introduced me to Goetia in a wonderful way. The author has worked the system, and rediscovered the original method of Goetia. When the mirror method is explained, it makes sense. Bloody Mary came from Western Europe, but the roots of it are probably from Spain where Goetia was heavily practiced in its early days of propagation. What's really nice is how the author connects Kabbalah and Goetia with its ancient Canaanite roots. If one doubts the connection, remember the Patriarch Judah married Canaanitess Tamar. The land once called Canaan is a land many of our ancestors came through, so virtually everyone of us is connected to it, and the Tanakh (Bible Old Testament), an influence on Jews, Muslims and Christians alike. King Solomon was a great king, whose legendary tales inspire the magician to gain the same access to Divine and to control over the more untamed aspects of our mental environment. The joy of understanding is exhilarated by this wonderful tapestry weaving together streams of thought which originally flowed from an ancient source which will resonate with seekers of hidden truths.
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Have not read this yet but looking forward to more thinking upon this subject.

Having read Riane Eisler's book "The Chalice and the Blade" a couple of times over the last 15 years, I seem to remember her being fairly clear that there was evidence on the island of Crete that there may have been matrilineal societies there in ancient times. I never hear her use the term "matriarchal" to describe these societies, which means "ruled by" women; except to say that they don't think their theories fit with that paradigm.

Yet this new book's title takes us right into that paradigm: the battlefield of the sexes where we are supposed to argue over who ruled whom.

These ancient societies may have valued women and men for the gifts they brought to the world just as they respected the gifts that nature brought to the world because they viewed humanity as one with nature, not apart from nature.

Goddesses that were worshipped in ancient times and today have a triple aspect which is: maiden=fertile potential giver of life, mother=giver of life (which we see most of the ancient statues in reverence to) and the crone=which is the destroyer and taker away of life. Life death, you know, in Disney terms "the circle of life." They had it all. Blood, death, decay and darkness were not considered evil---these mysteries were the soil from which the flowering of life came. I find paganism fascinating and all-encompassing.

As many a wise person has said, all societies are based on some myth or other. Right now we are supposedly a Christian nation and worship the myth of this one man named Jesus. Then we find that there were a dozen deities with stories similar to Christ's which preceded him!
 There are ancient myths of gods who were born from virgins, during winter months, sacrificed (many of them associated with lions and the sun) thousands of years before Christ. Therefore the Bible itself is historical revisionism.
Ach! What does it all mean. I'll have to read her book before I say more. (If I don't get struck by lightning.)