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Socrates - Epictitus The Enchiridion - Seeking spirit help
Identifier
013683
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Divination = spiritual experience = understanding the divine
Dring the event do not reason, do not learn, do not use memory, just listen and record exactly as it happened for later perusal
A description of the experience
Epictitus - The Enchiridion
Don't, therefore, bring either desire or
aversion with you to the diviner (else you will approach him
trembling), but first acquire a distinct knowledge that every
event is indifferent and nothing to you, of whatever sort it
may be, for it will be in your power to make a right use of
it, and this no one can hinder; then come with confidence to
the gods, as your counselors, and afterwards, when any counsel
is given you, remember what counselors you have assumed, and
whose advice you will neglect if you disobey. Come to
divination as Socrates prescribed, in cases of which the
whole consideration relates to the event, and in which no
opportunities are afforded by reason, or any other art, to
discover the thing proposed to be learned.
The source of the experience
SocratesConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Communication with a Spirit helperSymbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Suppressions
Reducing desiresReducing opportunities
Reducing threats
Suppressing memory
Suppression of learning