Knowledge is defined (Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i) expertise, and skills acquired by a
person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii)
what is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information or (iii) awareness or familiarity
gained by experience of a fact or situation. Philosophical debates in general start with Plato's
formulation of knowledge as "justified true belief". There is however no single agreed definition of
knowledge presently, nor any prospect of one, and there remain numerous competing theories.
person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii)
what is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information or (iii) awareness or familiarity
gained by experience of a fact or situation. Philosophical debates in general start with Plato's
formulation of knowledge as "justified true belief". There is however no single agreed definition of
knowledge presently, nor any prospect of one, and there remain numerous competing theories.
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"Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old
Time Religion," of which modern
churches are but pallid evocations.
Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the
mysterium tremendum, the unio
mystica, the eternally delightful
experience of the universe as energy,
is a sine qua non of religion, it is what
religion is for! There is no need for
faith, it is the ecstatic experience itself
that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity
and integrity of the universe, in
ourselves as integral parts of the
whole; that reveals to us the sublime
majesty of our universe, and the
fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle
that is quotidian consciousness. Any
religion that requires faith and gives
none, that defends against religious
experiences, that promulgates the
bizarre superstition that humankind is
in some way separate, divorced from
the rest of creation, that heals not the
gaping wound between Body and Soul,
but would tear them asunder... is no
religion at all!" Jonathan Ott
Time Religion," of which modern
churches are but pallid evocations.
Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the
mysterium tremendum, the unio
mystica, the eternally delightful
experience of the universe as energy,
is a sine qua non of religion, it is what
religion is for! There is no need for
faith, it is the ecstatic experience itself
that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity
and integrity of the universe, in
ourselves as integral parts of the
whole; that reveals to us the sublime
majesty of our universe, and the
fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle
that is quotidian consciousness. Any
religion that requires faith and gives
none, that defends against religious
experiences, that promulgates the
bizarre superstition that humankind is
in some way separate, divorced from
the rest of creation, that heals not the
gaping wound between Body and Soul,
but would tear them asunder... is no
religion at all!" Jonathan Ott
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