Re: virus: In the Name of the Spirit (was: Belief and

David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Mon, 30 Jun 1997 15:04:33 -0600


At 11:16 AM 30/06/97 -0700, Tim Rhodes wrote:
>I would offer that by "heart" we a referring to our narrative locus. That
>to "follow the heart" is to fulfill the needs of our internal narrative.
>This is why the need of the "heart" are often in conflict with logic.
>Logic seldom makes for a good story line.

By "narrative locus" do you mean our individual stream of consciousness?

>As for spirit, hmmm... Maybe the personification of the narrative locus.
>(Let me think on that one some more.)

Bill Schultz wrote this in a message posted to his Agnostic Church
members mailing list:

"The word "Soul," above, is used in the sense that Spengler uses it to
define what produces a Culture. Thus, this is a "specially defined term"
and not an assertion of a belief in a supernatural "soul" of religion.
This would be clear if you read the whole book in context."

Hmm, culture producers sounds like memes to me.

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