tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144051388547159240.post3276655124473637092..comments2024-02-19T10:15:55.380+00:00Comments on CAUTE — Making Footprints Not Blueprints: Epiphany — Walking with the three kings between doubtful maximal belief and total secular humanismAndrew James Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693417061963197121noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5144051388547159240.post-66823655038344267322014-01-24T10:37:58.211+00:002014-01-24T10:37:58.211+00:00Paul Reid-Bowen (Study of Religions lecturer) once...Paul Reid-Bowen (Study of Religions lecturer) once gave me a helpful distinction, between ontological transcendence (the idea that God is beyond the world) and epistemological transcendence (the experience of transcending the ego and feeling connected to that oceanic feeling). This is touched on in the book "All Things Shining" (thanks for that recommendation!)<br /><br />The triadic model of transcendence resembles the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, which has three pillars, severity (law), mercy (the middle pillar), and grace.<br /><br />I love your interpretation of the Three Kings. The same sort of unexpected grace appears in the story of Ruth and Naomi.Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com