Author: Bryce Haymond

Is There Any Way that the Book of Mormon is “Historical”? A Mystical & Perennialist Perspective

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Yes, actually, I think there is a Way. But it's perhaps not the Way that most people think, desire, or hope, but I suggest it is Divine.

Nihilism in the Light of Mystical Experience

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Nihilism is a philosophy that says that life is meaningless. It says there is no objective meaning, intrinsic value, or purpose in life. What does mysticism and the mystical experience say about that?

The LDS “Prophet” Shares 5 “Absolute Truths”? My Commentary

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President Russell M. Nelson of the LDS Church shared 5 "absolute truths" a few days ago, and I comment on where I think he was right, and where I believe he was unfortunately mistaken.

“Mystical Morality is Relative, not Absolute,” my dog said

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Does morality change with each culture, community, time, place, and situation? Or does it remain fixed for all eternity? Do I have a "bad dog"?

When Myths turn from “True” to “False” and a New Mysticomodern Myth

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Mythologies run in cycles. We may be in the middle of a massive paradigm shift in the myths which point to our deepest meaning and identity in the cosmos.

Eight Points of Agreement of Perennial Wisdom from Contemplatives of Eight World Religions

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In the 1980s there was a group of contemplatives from several different religions that gathered to dialogue, and they came up with eight points of perennial wisdom that they seemed to share in their experience of an Ultimate Reality.