No authentic spirituality comes from being "against something"
"Criticism and polemic ism are mortal enemies of the spiritual life." - Valentin Tomberg In "Meditations on the Tarot", Tomberg, in the role of the anonymous friend, expounds on the meanings of the stories(arcana) within the fascinating icons called the Tarot cards, the ancient mystical divining rods of hermits and soothsayers. Within this book are myriad nuggets of truth, waiting for those who would but mine them. "A complete change of of the inspiring and motivating source of will takes place when a person or spiritual movement becomes engaged in the way of rivalry--and with it the criticism and polemic ism that it comprises." "There is no authentic spirituality which owes its origin and existence to opposition or rivalry." As I ponder on these issues, I realize that it has effect on my own spiritual life and development. I grew up in East Texas in the fifties and sixties, when "Southern Baptist church ways of working and worshipping&quo