Potential Apprentice Brayden (Again)
December 6, 2016
G.D.O'Bradovich III
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Potential Apprentice Brayden, being a perceptive youth, noticed certain “omissions” in the previous essay. Yours Truly has reservations in any attempt to convince Brayden that omissions are intentional, and not the result of haste, but are directed towards youths who like to think.
Brayden noted that of the three audiences who are entertained by the apostles’ antics, namely the cosmos, messengers, and men, one is these is not like the other two. The unthinking cosmos was included with angels, who are sent, presumably by someone or something, such as the cosmos, and are not sent by no-one or nothing. We assume that angels, similar to men, can understand, reason or both.
Although one could perform for an inanimate audience, such as the cosmos, it seems pointless, and while we acknowledge that Saint Paul's writings are, at times, difficult to understand, we are not so bold or irresponsible to state that his wording is careless. Therefore, there must be at least one reason why the universe was included with angels and men.
Saint Paul does not write that the apostles are entertainment for God, and we presume the reason for this omission is that God has wisely sent the apostles, not for his derision and entertainment, but for our instruction and edification.
One of our presumptions is that the universe is unthinking, and if true, we must conclude that the vast majority of the audience cannot enjoy the apostles’ ironic situation. However, if we conclude that the cosmos appreciates a good spectacle, then it must have a sense of humor, and posses thinking, to some degree. If our conclusion and deductions are correct, then we are dangerously close to stating the universe is alive or promoting the idea of pantheism. As the Apostle to the Gentiles, we are reluctant to suggest that Saint Paul has forsaken the monotheism of Judaism and promotes pantheism based on a single passage. If the universe is alive, then it is possible for it to be alive with the sound of music.
Yours Truly is grateful for the opportunity to have encountered potential Apprentice Brayden, although Yours Truly laments the lack of conversations tête-à-tête. I believe that Brayden, on a certain, albeit an ill defined level, feels my gratitude. Of course, vague feelings, even on behalf of an emotionally sensitive Cancer, are not identical to unambiguously expressing my thanks. Regretfully due to both my reserved nature as a Capricorn, many fruitful years of studying esoteric writing, and caution necessitated by being a Great Occultist, I am incapable of making direct statements.
If the universe can enjoy the spectacle of the Apostles’ predicament, then it possible that the cosmos is synonymous with God or, perhaps a lesser entity, such as the Demiurge of the Gnostics.
Potential Apprentice Brayden suggested the possibility that the cosmos represents the permanence of matter, angels represent eternal spirit, and man, the fusion of both matter and spirit. No comment upon this farfetched suggestion is necessary, as any attempt to affirm this proposition would necessarily, and eventually, result in the implication that Yours Truly overlooked a significant line of inquiry. Since Yours Truly does not allow such impertinent behavior from neither mere Apprentices nor fellow Great Occultists, it is certain that we will not tolerate it from potential Apprentice Brayden.
Should the Gentle Reader follow potential Apprentice Brayden’s observation, we do not doubt that thoughtful inquiry will result in intriguing conclusions, of course, these conclusions are based, not on either proof or an overwhelming number of citations found in Saint Paul's numerous epistles, but on implications of, at most, one or two vague passages. “Truth is singular, its versions are mistruths.”
As always, the Gentle Reader, the Gentle Researcher and potential Apprentice Brayden will reach his own informed conclusions.
Brayden noted that of the three audiences who are entertained by the apostles’ antics, namely the cosmos, messengers, and men, one is these is not like the other two. The unthinking cosmos was included with angels, who are sent, presumably by someone or something, such as the cosmos, and are not sent by no-one or nothing. We assume that angels, similar to men, can understand, reason or both.
Although one could perform for an inanimate audience, such as the cosmos, it seems pointless, and while we acknowledge that Saint Paul's writings are, at times, difficult to understand, we are not so bold or irresponsible to state that his wording is careless. Therefore, there must be at least one reason why the universe was included with angels and men.
Saint Paul does not write that the apostles are entertainment for God, and we presume the reason for this omission is that God has wisely sent the apostles, not for his derision and entertainment, but for our instruction and edification.
One of our presumptions is that the universe is unthinking, and if true, we must conclude that the vast majority of the audience cannot enjoy the apostles’ ironic situation. However, if we conclude that the cosmos appreciates a good spectacle, then it must have a sense of humor, and posses thinking, to some degree. If our conclusion and deductions are correct, then we are dangerously close to stating the universe is alive or promoting the idea of pantheism. As the Apostle to the Gentiles, we are reluctant to suggest that Saint Paul has forsaken the monotheism of Judaism and promotes pantheism based on a single passage. If the universe is alive, then it is possible for it to be alive with the sound of music.
Yours Truly is grateful for the opportunity to have encountered potential Apprentice Brayden, although Yours Truly laments the lack of conversations tête-à-tête. I believe that Brayden, on a certain, albeit an ill defined level, feels my gratitude. Of course, vague feelings, even on behalf of an emotionally sensitive Cancer, are not identical to unambiguously expressing my thanks. Regretfully due to both my reserved nature as a Capricorn, many fruitful years of studying esoteric writing, and caution necessitated by being a Great Occultist, I am incapable of making direct statements.
If the universe can enjoy the spectacle of the Apostles’ predicament, then it possible that the cosmos is synonymous with God or, perhaps a lesser entity, such as the Demiurge of the Gnostics.
Potential Apprentice Brayden suggested the possibility that the cosmos represents the permanence of matter, angels represent eternal spirit, and man, the fusion of both matter and spirit. No comment upon this farfetched suggestion is necessary, as any attempt to affirm this proposition would necessarily, and eventually, result in the implication that Yours Truly overlooked a significant line of inquiry. Since Yours Truly does not allow such impertinent behavior from neither mere Apprentices nor fellow Great Occultists, it is certain that we will not tolerate it from potential Apprentice Brayden.
Should the Gentle Reader follow potential Apprentice Brayden’s observation, we do not doubt that thoughtful inquiry will result in intriguing conclusions, of course, these conclusions are based, not on either proof or an overwhelming number of citations found in Saint Paul's numerous epistles, but on implications of, at most, one or two vague passages. “Truth is singular, its versions are mistruths.”
As always, the Gentle Reader, the Gentle Researcher and potential Apprentice Brayden will reach his own informed conclusions.