In light of the upcoming holidays, (Halloween, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day), I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the nature of death and how it applies to Christian mysticism.  The dead and departed has been one of the areas in my thinking which has undergone the most change since entering the Catholic Church.   It has not changed much from a doctrinal or theological perspective, but rather from the perspective of awareness.  Where I once divided my world view into the world of the living and the afterlife, I now realize the present life and the afterlife are intertwined within the Body of Christ. Continue Reading »

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Theocentric posed a review of a new book called “Top Secret: The Truth behind Today’s Pop Mysticisms” by Robert M. Price.  It is a critical look at fad or “pop mystics”.  I am glad someone finally put a good book together for this since these con-artists give mysticism a bad name. 

The book “The Secret” which, unless you live under a rock, is one the most popular of the pop-mysticism books out there.  It is part of a movement called “New Thought”, which basically is “The Matrix” combined with old-school health and wealth cultism.  

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It’s been a big since my last strip, and people have been asking me to do more.  I was having trouble working through some decisions on how to proceed.  I was debating between continuing with St. Philip Neri as a saintly specter interacting with modern culture, or alive in his own time.  As you can see I went with the former.  I realize it is a stretch to have TV in heaven, but I couldn’t think of any other way symbolize the Saints “looking down” on us.  Anyway, now that I have worked some kinks out, others should follow more frequently.  Enjoy!

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