From: a_rod_777@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 2:47:10 PM UTC-6, litewave wrote:   
   > The idea that the human soul originally lived in a spiritual world and at   
   some point descended to the material world in which it became lost (fallen)   
   and continues to reincarnate to the present day is explicitely expressed in   
   all the major sources of    
   Western esotericism that crystallized in the first centuries AD: Hermetism,   
   Neoplatonism and Gnosticism. Hermetism and Neoplatonism view all creation,   
   including the material world, as good and the soul's descent into the material   
   world as an important    
   part of its evolution and co-creation with God, even though they regret the   
   fall. Gnosticism on the other hand not only regrets the fall but also the   
   descent and views the material world as evil. All three seek to liberate the   
   human soul from the bondage    
   to the material world.   
   >    
   > http://projectavalon.net/Nicholas_Goodrick-Clarke_The_Western_   
   soteric_Traditions_A_Historical_Introduction_2008.pdf   
   >    
   > (Chapter 1: Ancient Hellenistic Sources of Western Esotericism)   
      
   Very wise words IMHO   
      
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