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# Re: Bardonism and Mormonism

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- To: BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: Bardonism and Mormonism
- From: "danerebor" <danerebor@...>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:34:11 -0000
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    Hi Rand,

    Interesting stuff. Thank you :)

    Dan

    --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rand" <hp_rand436103@y...>
    wrote:
    > There is also a yahoo group Mormon-Kabbalah. I see a number of
    people
    > interested in the origins of the Mormons and their unusual
    doctrines,
    > and a number of people using the LDS church as a stepping-stone to
    > moving on to something like Hermetics, Rosicrucianism, Kabbalah,
    > etc...
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, Jason Richards <hiyya54@y...>
    > wrote:
    > > Dan, might I suggest your question might receive a larger
    response
    > on
    > > Mormon-Mystic ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mormon-mystic/ ).
    > They're a
    > > friendly bunch, though their moderators do insist on courteous
    > discourse.
    > >
    > > From my perspective, Mormonism can readily adapt to truth where-
    > ever it can be
    > > found; though members of the LDS church would probably be
    somewhat
    > wary of
    > > anything described as "magic" or the "occult." I think it would
    be
    > primarily a
    > > semantics problem: Mormons talk about "Gifts of the Spirit"
    > not "psychic
    > > talents," about "Receiving the Second Comforter"
    not "Conversation
    > with the
    > > Holy Guardian Angel," about "the Mysteries of Godliness"
    not "occult
    > > philosophy," etc.
    > >
    > > I'm a Bardon beginner. (I haven't really started IIH step one
    yet;
    > I'm still
    > > reading my way through first, as Rawn suggests.) But I am a
    Mormon
    > and would
    > > be happy to answer whatever questions I can.
    > >
    > > Owens wrote another piece called, "Joseph Smith Kabbalah: The
    Occult
    > > Connection" which is also available at
    > http://gnosis.org/jskabb1.htm .
    > >
    > > The opposing Orthodox Mormon view was published here:
    > > ( http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=review&id=229 )
    > >
    > > But those are really just two people's views, there's a huge
    > diversity of
    > > opinion about lots of topics (as I'm sure you know) when it comes
    > to Mormonism
    > > or Christianity or Religion in general.
    > >
    > > For what it's worth.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Jason Richards
    > >
    > > ___Dan___
    > > > Recently I read an article explaining the Hermetic influence on
    > > > Joseph Smith and Mormonism at http://gnosis.org/ahp.htm . I
    don't
    > > > have any personal experience with Mormonism, so I have a
    question
    > for
    > > > anyone who does: how compatible is Bardonism and Mormonism? Do
    > they
    > > > have similiar outlooks and practices?
    > >
    > >
    > > =====
    > > Jason
    > >
    > > "One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is
    > > occupied doing wrong in any other department. Life is one
    > > indivisible whole." --Mahatma Gandhi
    > >
    > >
    > >
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