Comments on: Craig’s Psalm http://www.electrolund.com/2004/07/craigs-psalm I solder the body electric « Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:43:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: patty http://www.electrolund.com/2004/07/craigs-psalm#comment-907 patty Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:55:25 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/07/craigs-psalm/#comment-907 interesting. awhile back on the excelsis blogs (like over a year ago) we were discussing at what historical point christianity started divorcing the phiysical and the spiritual to result in the now common chrisitan dychotomy that flesh (physical) is equal to bad and the transcendental (soul, spirit) is equal to good. apparently, it has not always been the case. i vaguely remember someone referencing that in regard to hebrew tradition, the spiritual and the physical were more integrated- and this integration was an aspect of upright living. at any rate, this book sounds touching. that poem of craig's- damn. reminds me of some sonnets that I really like but have a hard time reading because they are so personal and desribe human longing so well. oh, btw...not sure if it is allegorical or not, but Raina (in English) sounds like the Spanish word reina, which means Queen. interesting. awhile back on the excelsis blogs (like over a year ago) we were discussing at what historical point christianity started divorcing the phiysical and the spiritual to result in the now common chrisitan dychotomy that flesh (physical) is equal to bad and the transcendental (soul, spirit) is equal to good.

apparently, it has not always been the case. i vaguely remember someone referencing that in regard to hebrew tradition, the spiritual and the physical were more integrated- and this integration was an aspect of upright living.

at any rate, this book sounds touching. that poem of craig’s- damn. reminds me of some sonnets that I really like but have a hard time reading because they are so personal and desribe human longing so well.

oh, btw…not sure if it is allegorical or not, but Raina (in English) sounds like the Spanish word reina, which means Queen.

]]> By: Rob http://www.electrolund.com/2004/07/craigs-psalm#comment-908 Rob Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.electrolund.com/2004/07/craigs-psalm/#comment-908 Patty, I appreciate your added thoughts. From what I understand, that's the early heretical movement known as Gnosticism, which considered the flesh evil and to be avoided. For what it's worth, there are a lot of gnostic influences behind most of modern day Christian repression in regards to sexual dysfunction. Patty, I appreciate your added thoughts. From what I understand, that’s the early heretical movement known as Gnosticism, which considered the flesh evil and to be avoided.

For what it’s worth, there are a lot of gnostic influences behind most of modern day Christian repression in regards to sexual dysfunction.

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