Re: Bardonism and Mormonism

["Rand" <hp_rand436103@...>]

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
> 
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> 
> 
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