de-mystify mysticism without denying or contradicting it? That works for me as it is consistent with a naturalistic philosophy also. — Pantagruel

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. — Psalms 14:1 (KJV)

You don't know your woo?
I was counting on you :groan: — Amity

Why have they been with us for so long? — Tate

I think that we need to acknowledge the boundaries of science ... — Tzeentch

I believe the OP is looking to uncover/analyze [u[a particular mindset[/u] that's, in a sense, susceptible to what in the current epistemic climate can be described as bizarre beliefs — Agent Smith

Religion is really old. — Tate

Essentially the concept is that the unconscious mind is conditioned by ones thoughts and actions. And, most importantly, it can be reconditioned. Ultimately ones unconscious mind is the result of self-conditioning. — ThinkOfOne

The concept 'of the fundamental reality underlying our own existence' is ... — Jack Cummins

How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable. The History of an Error

1. The true world — attainable for the sage, the pious, the virtuous man; he lives in it, he is it.

(The oldest form of the idea, relatively sensible, simple, and persuasive. A circumlocution for the sentence, “I, Plato, am the truth.”)

2. The true world — unattainable for now, but promised for the sage, the pious, the virtuous man (“for the sinner who repents”).

(Progress of the idea: it becomes more subtle, insidious, incomprehensible — it becomes female, it becomes Christian. )

3. The true world — unattainable, indemonstrable, unpromisable; but the very thought of it — a consolation, an obligation, an imperative.

(At bottom, the old sun, but seen through mist and skepticism. The idea has become elusive, pale, Nordic, Königsbergian.)

4. The true world — unattainable? At any rate, unattained. And being unattained, also unknown. Consequently, not consoling, redeeming, or obligating: how could something unknown obligate us?

(Gray morning. The first yawn of reason. The cockcrow of positivism.)

5.The “true” world — an idea which is no longer good for anything, not even obligating — an idea which has become useless and superfluous — consequently, a refuted idea: let us abolish it!

(Bright day; breakfast; return of bon sens and cheerfulness; Plato’s embarrassed blush; pandemonium of all free spirits.)

6. The true world — we have abolished. What world has remained? The apparent one perhaps? But no! With the true world we have also abolished the apparent one.

(Noon; moment of the briefest shadow; end of the longest error; high point of humanity; INCIPIT ZARATHUSTRA.) — Twilight of the Idols

Some theists hold that theism is a common sense default state ... — Yohan

A thousand years from now, our science may be as unrecognizable as alchemy. — Pantagruel

[H]ow many times have you steadfastly predicted his downfall and been wrong?

Nothing will happen to Trump. — Xtrix

Maybe asking for clarity on lightspeed travel versus hypothetically manipulating space to travel faster than light without actually reaching that speed. — TiredThinker

Do you have a useful working definition of mysticism — Tom Storm

I happily endorse mysticism within the context of philosophical naturalism. — Pantagruel