Since leaving the officialdom of institutional Churchianity I\u2019ve had plenty of time to think through some of the questions that have bothered me for years. I\u2019ve also been able to gather and devour piles of books from all faith perspectives, traditions and philosophies. Some of them fall into the category of what I call \u2018Cosmic Christianity\u2019 or \u2018Pagan Christianity\u2019. The latter might seem a contradiction of terms. However the books I refer to have helped me to recover a missing element of the Christ story, which is also a miraculous bridge to my new magical and nature based spirituality. Here is not the place to go into these theories. However should anyone reading these words care to treat themselves to a potentially liberating read, do go and get a copy of The Jesus Mysteries by Tim Freke and Peter Gandy or The Pagan Christ by Tom Harpur. But be warned \u2013 they might change the way you look at everything!<\/p>\n
Tom Harpur kindly gave me permission to quote his beautiful Seven Principles of Cosmic Spirituality within my latest book: Since leaving the officialdom of institutional Churchianity I\u2019ve had plenty of time to think through some of the questions that have bothered me for years. I\u2019ve also been able to gather and devour piles of books from all faith perspectives, traditions and philosophies. Some of them fall into the category of what I call \u2018Cosmic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4TLSS-g9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philipcarr-gomm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. The entire cosmos is the manifestation of Divine Mind-every molecule, every cell, every creature, every rock, tree, mountain, planet, blazing star, whirling galaxy and universe of galaxies.
\n2. We are all an integral, interconnected part of the whole cosmos and our own inner world is a holograph of the cosmos within us.
\n3. One basic datum underlies every religion under the sun, the principle of Incarnation. The Word or Logos, God\u2019s self-expression made manifest, has given the light of its divine spark to every mind\/soul coming into the world. Christians call this the Christ or \u201cChrist in us.\u201d Other faiths have different names or modes of expression for this same inner reality.
\n4. Every religion whose ethical core is summed up by the word \u201ccompassion\u201d or \u201cloving-kindness\u201d to all other creatures without exception has a vision of the truth and is a valid \u201cway\u201d to Transcendence.
\n5. No one faith or religion-whatever its claims may be, alone has The Truth.
\n6. True cosmic spirituality is steeped in, flows from, and derives its most powerful analogies and metaphors from the natural world \u2013 from the tiniest bit of dust to the spiraling stars above.
\n7. The core aim of cosmic spirituality is radical transformation, both personal and societal.
\nTom Harpur\u2019s official website is www.tomharpur.com<\/a>
\nMark Townsend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"