Thinking and Being by Irad Kimhi.

Thinking and Being by Irad Kimhi. — Paine

Oh, then don't miss downloading the erratum, if you haven't already.

Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis. — javi2541997

The thing that surprised me the most in this Kazantzakis novel (which is autobiographical) is how he struggled with spiritual crises or existentialism. He tried to follow Christianism, and he even did a pilgrimage to Desert Sinai. However, he ended up disappointed with religion and particularly Christianism. I liked the book. It was a pleasure to read the personal goals, failures, disappointments, and lessons of such an amazing novelist.

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Now, currently reading: Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare.

I started reading MYSTICISM by Evelyn Underhill today in my university library (I read a total of 2-3 books in my 23 years of life; not a reader), and the abstract felt almost identical to solipsism and other related philosophies I hold.

Let's see what the book holds.

All men, at one time or another, have fallen in love with the veiled Isis whom they call Truth. With most, this has been a passing passion: they have early seen its hopelessness and turned to more practical things. But others remain all their lives the devout lovers of reality: though the manner of their love, the vision which they make to themselves of the beloved object varies enormously. Some see Truth as Dante saw Beatrice: an adorable yet intangible figure, found in this world yet revealing the next. To others she seems rather an evil but an irresistible enchantress: enticing, demanding payment and betraying her lover at the last. Some have seen her in a test-tube, and some in a poet’s dream: some before the altar, others in the slime. The extreme pragmatists have even sought her in the kitchen; declaring that she may best be recognised by her utility. Last stage of all, the philosophic sceptic has comforted an unsuccessful courtship by assuring himself that his mistress is not really there.

Thank you for the link. I was not aware of it.

I'm glad you are enjoying it. When you finish shoot me an , I'd love to get your impressions. There's a lot to it. — Manuel

The Magus by John Fowles is a remarkable book; beautify written and great storytelling. Kept having to revise my ideas about what it's about :grin: but in the very end–which was quite tense–it came together for me.

The Magus by John Fowles is a remarkable book; beautify written and great storytelling. Kept having to revise my ideas about what it's about :grin: but in the very end–which was quite tense–it came together for me. — praxis

I’ve given the book to both my daughter and one of my sons. They both like it a lot. We do an annual book club where we read one long book, 100 pages a month. We may do “The Magus” next year. Since it’s shorter than some of the books we’ve read, we’ll fill in a couple of months with something else, maybe “Heart of Darkness.”

Pirates of Venus
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Yep! That was quite a performance - on many levels. Hadn't read a book quite like it ever.

Lost on Venus
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Two Types of Faith by Martin Buber. He describes the difference between the Christian concept of faith and the Jewish one. The topic of "what is faith" comes up here often, so it's responsive to those discussions, and, while it doesn't discuss it, it would make sense that there is also probably a distinct definition of faith for Islam, Buddhism, and the secular as well as others I'm sure. For example, what sort of faith was relied upon by Abraham when asked to sacrifice Isaac: God is to be trusted as a leader (Jewish), God is to be trusted as the source of goodness (Christian), God is to obeyed mindlessly (secular).

'If I have the faith to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.'. (1 Corinthians 13:2)

That's the Christian one, although the guy who said it was Jewish

"Faith will move mountains if you bring a shovel." Hanover 1:1.

That's the Jewish one, and a Jewish guy just said it.

A guy at work just handed me The Crisis of Narration by Byung-Chul Han. It looks like the sort of shit @Baden might read.

"Faith will move mountains if you bring a shovel." Hanover 1:1. — Hanover

They must have really small mountains where you live. They're just bumps.

I read that a long time ago. I remember an emphasis upon distinguishing creed, what a person believes, and generations of a community struggling with itself. That does suggest a classification of types applicable to other religions but won't capture the bitterness felt by Buber reading the Letter to the Hebrews.

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Good memory. Actually I don't know what caused me to buy the Buber book, but maybe it was implanted long ago by you. Have you read it?

- I read a good portion of it many years ago when I had access to a theological library. I found it pretty interesting. As I told , I think it would make for an interesting reading group.

They must have really small mountains where you live. They're just bumps. — frank

I live at the foothills of Mt. Everest and I'm going to level that fucker with a shovel. That is true faith. Belief in yourself.

I read a good portion of it many years ago when I had access to a theological library. — Leontiskos

Amazon is my theological library.

Please commend "guy at work" for his efforts to improve your reading list. Presumably, when he saw you flicking through "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" for the third time, he felt you were in need of an upgrade.

Embers (often translated as Candles burn until the end) by Sándor Márai.