Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Occult Literature #282: Swedenborg And the Sapienta Angelica" video.
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What many did, during that time, was to philosophize about eastern religion, especially over the religious theologies that came back via the British East India Company. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism became all the rage in Europe. They also tapped into lost Gnosticism from Egypt, Turkey, and the Middle-East, as well as what came from Bohemia. That was mainly within the Protestant churches, especially the Unitarians. It was "what have the Catholics been hiding from us?"
On December 6, 1757, In Buddhist tradition, Jigme Lingpa discovers the Longchen Nyingthig terma through a meditative vision, which brings him to Boudhanath. The Longchen Nyingtig is a popular cycle of teachings in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. This is the same year that Swedenborg claims to have witnessed the Last Judgment occurring in the spiritual world. Now where could he have gotten the idea?
What did L Ron Hubbard state about starting a church? Easy money?
Not all Protestant Christian churches are wholesome. Cough, California, cough...
Quiz: Where did Smith get the idea for the Mormon's golden plates? What did the Templar's supposedly find under their camp on Temple Mount? A triangular golden plate with the Hebrew letter Yod (Yodh) on it? That tale was a myth invented by what fraternity, and in what country? Was it really the Templars, or was it tied to another group of older Knights?
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