The Elevation of Unknown Things

A personal essay on spirituality and religion. Couch in the context of what does religion mean in Post-Self, maybe as written by Ioan and Joseph Chace? 2291/systime 167

Ideas

In no particular order

• Prayer - The alignment of the self with God in all things
• The Kingdom of God - The alignment of all with God in all things
• Frameworks of language - Framing the numinous in the language of spirituality
• Hierarchies - The appeal of Quakerism
• The numinous - The elevation of unknown things
• Should all things be known - If there is nothing unknown left, what then? (viz Universal Paperclips)
• The fractal nature of God - Infinitely nested nature of physicality mirrored in the divine (incl Ground)
• Lapsed charismatics - Quakers as lapsed charismatics
• Eschatology and soteriology - The subtle importance of E&S
• Magic, mystery, and ecstasy - Journey through PF/Phoenix spirituality, the importance thereof
• On grief - Job = argue with God; Ecclesiastes = letting go

Resources:

• Better living through transhumanism
• Theology and science fiction

Outline

• Intro
• Layers
  • Sense of the numinous
    • The numinous
    • Prayer
    • Ecstasy
  • Intellectual
    • Frameworks
    • Fractal natures
    • Mystery
    • Theodicy
  • Emotional
    • Grief
    • Eschatology (or existential grief)
    • Lapsed charismatics
  • Physical/practical
    • Communities
    • Hierarchies
    • The Kingdom of Heaven
• Conclusion (should all things be known) vis a vis paperclip maximizer

Non-Post-Self version

• Intro
• Layers (intro done)
  • Physical/practical
    • Communities
    • Hierarchies
    • The Kingdom of Heaven
  • Intellectual
    • Frameworks
    • Fractal natures
    • Mystery
    • Theodicy
  • Emotional
    • Grief
    • Eschatology (or existential grief)
    • Lapsed charismatics
  • Sense of the numinous
    • The numinous
    • Prayer
    • Ecstasy
• Conclusion (should all things be known) vis a vis paperclip maximizer