RELS 3880 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spiritual But Not Religious, Anthropocene, Adam Kadmon
4 Aug 2019
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Latin: spiritus = breath/ a breathing: derived from (s)peis, meaning to blow. Spirit/matter dualism: spirit is separate from matter. In christianity, there is the holy spirit, which is separate from matter: spirit priority, matter bad/fallen. The four dimensions of religion: existential dimension. What humans are doing that is subpar that is not up to standards. Examples: stuck in cycle of reincarnation, are ignorant of the overall situation, are sinful, are forgetful, or disobedient: normative dimension. The path from the existential dimension to the transformative dimension. How to get to where you want to go. the path to the goal. Examples of the path to the goal: Meditation by/relationship with a saviour figure: transformative dimension. Comprises of the teachings to follow to get from the existential dimension, to the normative dimension, and then finally to the transformative dimension. These teachings include myths, cosmology, scriptures, rituals, festivals, authority structures, etc. Existential dimension normative dimension transformative dimension.
