Re: Bardonism and Mormonism

["danerebor" <danerebor@...>]

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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