Hi John! Do you believe in an afterlife? if so, can you give any detail as to why, and what resources you take as inspiration for that belief? In my research the idea of an afterlife very much predates the Abrahamic religions, yet those three religions seem to have a monopoly on the idea of an afterlife... The ancient Egyptians believed such things (as did some pagan Greeks), but I assume Moses took a lot of inspiration from the Egyptian religions because his entire youth was spent in the court of the Pharaoh. And I assume he then took those teachings with him after he left them, and used them to teach his people, the Jews, seeding some of these spiritual teachings he learned from the Egyptians into their culture. Am I wrong? The train of logic we assume today is that many of these Jewish ideas, which then informed Christianity... and then came Dante, etc. etc. and the rest is history. Also, what do the Druid's think of an afterlife?
I have also heard arguments, good arguments, that I am more in tune with actually, that the idea of an afterlife is more so swirling around the idea of "memory", that is theories of the Akashic records. And when someone passes away they become a part of this record, that can be channeled and accessed. How accurately? I'm not very sure... I've also seen you post on this forum about the idea of "demons" we think of today, as the beings who existed in a universe before ours... which would mean that all these magical ceremonies, the incantations, the magical practices many people go through, most of it all, are just a means of accessing their memories. Am I on point?
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Date: 2024-01-15 08:16 am (UTC)Do you believe in an afterlife? if so, can you give any detail as to why, and what resources you take as inspiration for that belief?
In my research the idea of an afterlife very much predates the Abrahamic religions, yet those three religions seem to have a monopoly on the idea of an afterlife... The ancient Egyptians believed such things (as did some pagan Greeks), but I assume Moses took a lot of inspiration from the Egyptian religions because his entire youth was spent in the court of the Pharaoh. And I assume he then took those teachings with him after he left them, and used them to teach his people, the Jews, seeding some of these spiritual teachings he learned from the Egyptians into their culture. Am I wrong?
The train of logic we assume today is that many of these Jewish ideas, which then informed Christianity... and then came Dante, etc. etc. and the rest is history.
Also, what do the Druid's think of an afterlife?
I have also heard arguments, good arguments, that I am more in tune with actually, that the idea of an afterlife is more so swirling around the idea of "memory", that is theories of the Akashic records. And when someone passes away they become a part of this record, that can be channeled and accessed. How accurately? I'm not very sure...
I've also seen you post on this forum about the idea of "demons" we think of today, as the beings who existed in a universe before ours... which would mean that all these magical ceremonies, the incantations, the magical practices many people go through, most of it all, are just a means of accessing their memories. Am I on point?
Thank you!