Michele Pasin / Quotes

A seventeenth-century prayer as set for a trip

During the past few days I had picked up The Secret Chief again, and I had memorized part of the seventeenth-century prayer that had been Jacob’s preferred “set” for psychedelic work. Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee . . . I am silent; I offer myself in sacrifice; I yield myself to Thee; I would have no other desire than to accomplish Thy will. Teach me to pray. Pray Thyself in me. Amen.

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#prayer #psychedelics #religion

A small religious fanatic

‘So go on, tell me. What’s he like, that little kid?’ ‘Well, I think he’s some kind of religious fanatic,’ I confided, smiling, as I looked over my shoulder…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #fanatics #soul #prayer

Every act of pity is a kind of prayer

Dead and naked he looked thinner, feebler somehow. I should’ve pitied him. Even if we never pity them at any other time, and in any other way, we should pity…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #men #eyes #brain #heart #body #prayer

Politically correct intolerance

Pickles changed the law in 2012 to ensure that English parish councils could not face legal challenges for including prayers in public meetings, and accused…

Eric Pickles: Britain Still A Christian Nation – Get Over It | Politics | The Guardian #prayer #Christian-nation #Christianity

The serenity prayer

In this way, we do not empower these problems to control us. We share in the spirit embodied in the Alcoholics Anonymous prayer, “Lord, give me the courage to…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #prayer #wisdom #control #changes

Affirmation and visualization as programming

I believe that central to all enduring religions in society are the same principles and practices clothed in different language—meditation, prayer, covenants…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #visualization #religion #principles #meditation

Anthropology

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James…

The Golden Bough #religion #cultural-phenomenon