Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00251)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "clarity12.1@j..." 
<clarity12.1@j...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Just sorting facts, from fiction fantasy is daunting, and somehow 
they all are part of truth, shades of meaning, metaphor, cultural 
coloring.
> 
Dear Regina,

That captures in a sentence my approach to Cayce as well as to HPB. 
The subtitle of Edgar Cayce in Context is The Readings, Truth and 
Fiction. SUNY inserted a colon in the subtitle making it The 
Readings: Truth and Fiction. Some of my meaning was lost in that 
because it approaches the implication of truth VS. fiction which is 
not what I meant. There is undoubtedly a great deal of fictional 
material in the Cayce readings, about Atlantis, ancient Egypt, Jesus, 
and various other past-life information. They also convey a great 
deal of truth: literal truth about holistic health advice, spiritual 
truth in the religious commentary, psychological truth in the dream 
interpretations, etc.

Truth and fiction in a spiritual tradition, as in the stories told 
about the Theosophical Masters, are not in simple opposition nor are 
they congruent. They are in a dynamic interaction that IMO in both 
the cases of Blavatsky and Cayce is very complex and intriguing.

Cheers,

Paul
> However, this must require that we are grounded in fundamentals, so 
we then can perhaps soar beyond this quartenary and tentatively, at 
least, explore the divine nature of things. 
> 
> The dialog is worth the effort ,especially if we are able to really 
try to see as the other does, then modify that with..."from my POV, 
it looks this way, etc."
> 
> The effort in this forum is to me, for the most part, working.
> 
> Regina
> 
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