Derek Cameron
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Psychology and religion
- Mysticism as Regression. A critical view of mysticism. Mysticism is simply regression to an infantile state of consciousness.
- Slain in the Spirit? It's a Stage Hypnotist's Trick.
It's well known that there is no Biblical precedent for being "slain in
the Spirit," the phenomenon whereby Pentecostals fall backwards,
supposedly under the influence of the Holy Spirit. In fact, it's little
attested at all before the twentieth century. From the earliest days of
the Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street, Charles Fox Parham
suspected that hypnosis was at work.
- The Book of Privy Counseling in Middle English. The Book of Privy Counseling
was written in England in the late fourteenth century. As with other
texts on mysticism, it advocates the abandonment of symbolic thinking in
favor of more primitive layers of consciousness. html, pdf
- Can meditation help with anxiety or depression? As a treatment for anxiety, TM is no more effective than simply sitting still with your eyes closed.
- The Case Against Mysticism.
Christian mysticism conveys "a different spirit than the Spirit of
Christ." Mysticism is deceptive, is foreign to Christianity, impairs
functionality in the external world, and leads to occultism.
- The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud (1923) html, pdf
- The Order of the General Fast by John Knox (1565) html, pdf
Computers and networking
Nutrition
- The Scots are carnivores. As late as the year 1600, the diet of the highlanders still consisted of cheese, meat, and milk.
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