Neil Douglas-Klotz
Auteur van Prayers of the Cosmos
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Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D., a former departmental head of comparative spirituality at Holy Names College in California, now lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he codirects the Institute for Advanced Learning and Conscious Living.
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Werken van Neil Douglas-Klotz
Desert Wisdom: Sacred Middle Eastern Writings from the Goddess Through the Sufis (1995) 73 exemplaren
Blessings of the Cosmos: Benedictions from the Aramaic Words of Jesus (Book & CD) (2006) 52 exemplaren
The Genesis Meditations: A Shared Practice of Peace for Christians, Jews, and Muslims (2003) 33 exemplaren
Wild Wisdom: Zen Masters, Mountain Monks, and Rebellious Eccentrics Reflect on the Healing Power of Nature (2021) 4 exemplaren
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The Revelation of the Breath: A Tribute to Its Wisdom, Power, and Beauty (2009) — Medewerker — 8 exemplaren
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Edinbrugh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace
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Institute in Culture and Creation Spirituality
American Academy of Religions (Mysticism Group co-chair)
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John 1:1 is reevaluated with reference to the Gospel of Thomas revealing light about the four traditional Gospel accounts. Thomas is an extra-canonical sayings gospel that the author cites alongside the four canonical Gospels. Scholars have proposed dates of composition as early as 60 AD and as late as 250 AD.The work is useful for the author's purpose as a Coptic-language text of which almost two-thirds of these sayings resemble those found in the canonical gospels and its editio princeps counts more than 80% of parallels, while it is speculated that the other sayings were added from Gnostic tradition. As such, the phrase "the Word was God" becomes an ongoing conversation, or messaging in that "this Word-Wisdom exists as, with and within Reality itself" (p. 117).
The mystic tradition in the history of religions often exists in conflict with religious authorities and the Aramaic Jesus is no exception. John 14:6b "No man comes to the Father, but by me" becomes similar to other
"intermediaries--saints, bodhisattvas, Orishas, ancestor, spirit guides and more--in order to help establish a clear connection to this Source, by whatever name it was known" (p. 169).
In John 17:2 "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him" is not a reference to "religious officials" (p. 191) as to the forgiveness of sin or the necessity to believe in Jesus to receive eternal life. Rather, for the author, Jesus is simply the anointed one clarifying the misunderstanding that believing in Jesus "is the prerequisite for life eternal, or that Jesus and God are the same" (p. 192).
The interior mystical and inside knowledge of Jesus followers are codified in the fourth century and in Chapter 19 the author refers us to online sources about what are the canonical and non-canonical teachings of the Jesus figure (note the Chapter 19 reference on p. 232 n. 1.).
The book includes abundant references to Aramaic words and meanings while including prayer references throughout as well. It is a contemplative and spiritually mystical work.… (meer)