>Reed, I'm confused by your last word above. I have always thought of
>trancendent as distant, cold, white-haired-stiff-god-on-a-throne kind
>of thing. I had categorized what you were preaching as more of an
>immanent theology[1], a -fuck-yea-I'M ALIVE- kind of thing. Did you
>really mean trancendent?
Yes. I hope this doesn't offend you...but the image which most clearly comes to my mind when I think of the word "trancendent" is the moment or orgasm.
But, in a sense, I have experienced that moment as a chill, hair-raising moment...so I can't disagree with you.
Reed
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