Re: mysticism

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 15:09:14 BST

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    On 10/04/00 09:00, Gatherer, D. (Derek) said this-

    >So how do we know if alleged mystical experiences really do constitute an
    >'expansion of consciouness' (was it Huxley?) or alternatively, how do we
    >know if they are a load of old rubbish?

    Because we can create instruments that 'see' and that can tell us what
    they see.

    No mystic has ever created an instrument [technology] that shows us what
    they see.

    Although they've supplied us with a myriad of stories and fables and
    yarns.

    - Wade

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