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5 stars
Great translation of texts often under-read in Western Buddhism, not sure why the last rating was only 2 stars!
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Anthropologist, Esperantist.
Rediscovering a love of fiction after finishing a PhD, also reading plenty of non-fiction on: the humanities, religious studies, Buddhism, esotericism, Christianity, and language acquisition. Other things as they catch my interest.
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T. M. Sullivan started reading The Origin and Early Development of the Zhou Changes by Edward L. Shaughnessy (Prognostication in History, #9)
The Zhou Changes, better known in the West as I Ching, is one of the …
This might be Shaughnessy's magnum opus: open access, new, complete and detailed discussion of the history of one of history's oddest books. No more fishing around between different volumes for bits of information (hopefully).
T. M. Sullivan finished reading Alchemical Divination by Ralph Metzner
Alchemy, like shamanism and yoga, with which it is related, involves teachings and practices of …
A flower of the post-60s cosmologies of spirituality: a broad definition of all divination (regardless of method) as fundamentally "intuition" from the self, a Jungian sense of individuation as the goal of divination, combined with a Michael Harner-style core shamanic animism that blends between the psychological and the literal.
Concretely, this book proposes several rituals, a "fire" yoga, and methods for divination for looking at the past, present, and future, trying to pass across method. I don't think Metzner is ever truly able to thread the needle he wants to thread between the psychological approach and the animistic approach, and the two in contrast can be jarring (why would I summon in support from power animals if this comes from me? why would I see divination as accessing myself if I bring in spirits? etc.), but its one of the more coherently put together attempts to do so, although perhaps …
A flower of the post-60s cosmologies of spirituality: a broad definition of all divination (regardless of method) as fundamentally "intuition" from the self, a Jungian sense of individuation as the goal of divination, combined with a Michael Harner-style core shamanic animism that blends between the psychological and the literal.
Concretely, this book proposes several rituals, a "fire" yoga, and methods for divination for looking at the past, present, and future, trying to pass across method. I don't think Metzner is ever truly able to thread the needle he wants to thread between the psychological approach and the animistic approach, and the two in contrast can be jarring (why would I summon in support from power animals if this comes from me? why would I see divination as accessing myself if I bring in spirits? etc.), but its one of the more coherently put together attempts to do so, although perhaps showing where the limits of such syncretisms are.
T. M. Sullivan started reading Alchemical Divination by Ralph Metzner
Alchemy, like shamanism and yoga, with which it is related, involves teachings and practices of …
Entering the wyrd.
T. M. Sullivan reviewed Rebirth by Roger R. Jackson
The possibility that we have lived before and may be born again, whether as a …
A Bibliography of Samsara Studies
4 stars
A really good overview, I would've preferred slightly more depth into the debates and arguments about rebirth (rather than an overview of different types), but that's literally just personal interest, and this provides a fantastic bibliography for further study. I would be surprised if this doesn't end up an on undergrad Buddhist/Indian Religion courses, although it's slightly too shallow for in-depth postgraduate study by itself.
T. M. Sullivan started reading Rebirth by Roger R. Jackson
The possibility that we have lived before and may be born again, whether as a …
So far extremely enjoying this historical overview of a very complex topic.
T. M. Sullivan reviewed Be Here Now by Ram Dass
The Quintessence of the post-60s Counterculture
5 stars
Beautifully laid out and set, some great stories, and not just a hugely important piece of "spiritual" history (although perhaps today, publishing it would need more contextualising for Indian traditions drawn upon for a Western audience). Not to mention, the title is a good motto to live by.
T. M. Sullivan finished reading Be Here Now by Ram Dass
T. M. Sullivan reviewed No Abode by Dennis Hirota
Namu Amida Butsu
5 stars
A classic from a school of Pure Land Buddhism that rarely sees the light of day in English, and a catalogue of one iterant's life through chanting the nembutsu.
T. M. Sullivan started reading A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy by Steven M. Emmanuel
T. M. Sullivan replied to phil's status
@phil@blue-sky.world if you want Yijing/I Ching recommendations I can help, this possessed me for a few months lmao
T. M. Sullivan rated The Classic of Changes: 5 stars
The Classic of Changes by Wang Bi, Richard John Lynn (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the I …
T. M. Sullivan reviewed Original Meaning of the Yijing by Joseph Adler
Essential for Yijing Studies
5 stars
A translation of both the commentary by Zhu Xi that defined how the Yijing has been read for centuries, and one of the few very clear, lucid, and up-to-date scholarly translations of the original text (and associated with Wings).