Friday, September 12, 2025

Mysticism

"Mysticism emphasizes 
--God as ‘beyond reason’; 
--that ‘faith’ does not need rational thought. 
*It involves concentrating on religious experience without engaging the mind. 
In some circles ‘New Age’ ideas borrowed from eastern mysticism (Buddhism/Hinduism) have crept in, with mind-emptying meditation promoted as a means of achieving ‘spiritual peace’. 
Post-modernism is a form of mysticism
It denies an objective reality that exists independently from what we think about it. 
However, God created mankind towards the end of Creation Week  after He had created everything else, and then declared this “very good” (Genesis 1:31). 
This implies that much of the created order existed, and that God had objectively assessed this as its condition, independently of man’s opinion about it." 
CMI