into any pigeonhole.
I have been for some ten years a member of the New Church ("Swedenborgian").
The 18th century revelations found in the voluminous writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg, renowned scientist, theologian and visionary, overwhelmed by MAKING SENSE. However, we have yet a considerable way to go in conveying the news to the public at large. On announcing that one is a Swedenborgian, approximately 62% of the population respond with "What church is that?" 29% ask "Is that the Swedish Church?" The rest simply stand there with mouths open.
When asked what he was teaching, Swedenborg replied "Two things: that God is one, and that faith is inseparable from charity."
Point 1 means that the Lord Jesus Christis the SAME God who made Heaven and Earth and no nonsense about it. Worship is always addressed to Christ, not to any "trinity".
Point 2 represents arepudiation of salvation "by faithalone". We hold most emphatically the truth of James: "Faith without works is dead".
Naturally, things could not be left so simple. I look forward to discussing the immoderately abstruse issues involved.
Just in case you are not confused enough already, I found myself drawn into the pursuit of the so-called "high" occult. This led directly to the formation of the Third Order of St. Michael, which coalesced from the set of esoteric Christians collected around Katherine Kurtz, and who found the "Deryni Christian" archetype a valid spiritual expression. The principal result so far has been liturgical expression pursued wherever enoughof us can be found.
Locally I am affiliated with a temple of the Sangreal Sodality, a non-sectarian, decentralized, and frighteningly eclectic organization following the broad tradition of the Golden Dawn and its successors, and drawing inspiration and initation from the work of William G. Gray.
By: Alfgar Maharg
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