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First Principles: Freedom Can Exist Only in the Society of Knowledge. Without Learning, Men Are Incapable of Knowing Their Rights
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Thought For the Day: We Only Think That Our Opponents Are Dogmatic! We All Need Criticism. Criticism Is the Only Antidote To Error
“Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.” – David Brin
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Revelation Brings Victory
Revelation Brings Victory
by Michael Doyle
In our holy journey together
Our eschatology promises the better
As we stay long enough to hear
Listening to all who gather near
Heavy enough to inspire
We transform through the fire
Growing in God for our feelings
As we listen to what is soul-revealing
Purely seeking our God above
Let's live every day humbly and with love
No one knows the time or the hour
But there is no need to cower
Revelation brings us to our victory
Remaining faithful by you and me
No towel thrown in as we win
Arriving at the goodness of God again
Broad strokes seek their determinism
To say all has been done is pessimism
There is more to find and more to come
All for the good of God's kingdom
We walk a path of alleged history
Moment by moment, God reveals His mystery
We remain symbolic in our idealism
But I think there's good cause for optimism
We set our eyes on the godly future
With the kind of love we need to nurture
What is and what is yet to be
Climbing out of our boxes to look for possibility
Disagreement on perceptions is more than okay
We can learn from each other every single day
Without reservation and with little hesitation
God's life invites our open questions
Short in words but clothed with power
This is the needed message for this hour
Jesus Christ's sacrifice is our revelation
The very cause for our celebration
Keep near to the heart; all prophecy
As we learn of God's coming victory
Blessed with foreknowledge that keeps the Word near
Studying the Word cleaved by the sword, we persevere
Whatever stumble comes in our days
We keep our faith in every way
The keys to the kingdom come in the truth
And the Lord's promises given since our youth
Step by step, we grow in integrity
This breaking through by Christ is our theology
Summed up as it is on these pages
Christ the King is our rock of ages
Throughout the Bible, there are strings of prophecy
And the presence of the Lord's account of history
It's one bold declaration of God's intentions
It is set forth and explained and needs our attention
Hatred and agony can be our course in life
Where our Christian peace is replaced by strife
Through it all, we must keep our spark of inspiration
The steel within our spine will keep our dedication
All the tribes of the world will cry out
We must keep our faith surpassing all doubts
The Alpha and Omega are coming again
Whatever our struggle, the godly do win
Well-rounded within our intelligent love
We keep our faith in our precious God above
Revelation is a verbal garden of diverse poetry
Presenting us with a moving allegory
Honoring our language with a unique perspective
We learn our best at Christ's feet, respective
Of a theology that is faithful through what occurs
As we struggle through; our spirits continue to stir
Refined by this world and its eternal torch on fire
We shall not fear but will live by our holy desire
To live as servants of God and to reach out
With God's love to remove the World's doubts
In the midst of chaos, look toward the Lord
Crushed by the words found within His Word
The Bible shines its light on the relationship
That leads us to our rightful worship
(c) October 6, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: He Will Wipe Away Every Tear From Their Eyes, and Death Shall Be No More, Neither Shall There Be Mourning, Nor Crying, Nor Pain Anymore, For the Former Things Have Passed Away
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” – Revelation 21:4
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Thought For the Day: The Most Dangerous Condition For A Man Or A Nation Is When His Intellectual Side Is More Developed Than His Spiritual. Is That Not Exactly the Condition of the World Today?
“The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?” – Arthur Conan Doyle
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Do What Thou Wilt
Do What Thou Wilt
by Michael Doyle
The young Jimmy Page wore his guitarist crown
Playing the only thing that never got him down
He was never one to live life overly uptight
But he has lived life with a voracious appetite
It's a thing of feelings and sonic intensity
Not overthought or wrought, music is spontaneity
That is shared through the moments it is played
And it is driven by the virtuosity he has displayed
Lured into another world, lost in a type of trance
The guitarist is lured in by the beat of a gypsy's dance
Pulled in by a sordid angel, unable to fix a broken wing
The strings do their magic, unleashing the serpent's sting
Boleskine House has long been a place of dark imagination
Where long ago, a wizard used necromancy for reanimation
Then, later, Aleister Crowley turned another unholy page
Pursing the sacred magic operations of Abramelin the Mage
Crowley invoked an unholy guardian angel without remorse
Allowing in two demons never returned and with such force
As to cause a bevy of black magic experiments to get out of hand
None of this going quite exactly as Aleister had planned
Page was fascinated with Crowley's intrinsic sort of ramble
Fascinated with the unknown, he undertook his Boleskine gamble
Feeling that only ordinary people sought ordinary morality
Page sought to pursue his natural instincts in their totality
One must never fear knowledge wherever this might lead
Every dirty act was just another sacramental deed
The restriction of every sin was seen only as treachery
While others fight on drunk, seeking magic and lechery
To be a disciple is to renounce all sense of family ties
Baphomet, the Androgyne, is the father of Thoth's lies
God and Satan struggle for the death of one's sacred self
The Book of the Serpent is learned from on sin's shelf
Vultures gather to feast on the flesh of one's desolation
Having denied God, we have only the lifeless separation
Magick became the central factor of the adept's life
Where its comprehension and application have brought strife
In this Hell, each star knows there are no standards of right
Absinthe purges away purity for the blackness of night
Its ruin and degradation stimulate a particular sort of Hell
Making one with the angels, once in Heaven, yet have they fell
Do what thou wilt is the whole of Satan's dirty law
Each person is a star as long as the darkness calls
Every change is to be made with the conformity of one's will
Dancing on the pinhead of doubt bleeds itself from a quill
(c) October 5, 2024 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: Life Is Short. Be Swift To Love! Make Haste To Be Kind!
“Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! “- Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (27 Sep 1821-1881)
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First Principles: If We Can Prevent the Government From Wasting the Labors of the People, Under the Pretence of Taking Care of Them, They Must Become Happy
“If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Reality Vs. Constructs
Reality Vs. Constructs
by Michael Doyle
An understanding states and instructs
That the "real world" consists of constructs
We all oblige each other to reach an understanding
But to apply this loosely rather than too demanding
This is to say we lie so often to our imagination
That we insist unreal things are real by tradition
It's from such constructs that we struggle to be free
Breaking our shackles to explore our fantasies
It's the inter-crossing boundaries that are stranger
Than, the normalcy sought that breeds the most danger
Of the dangers that intrude overtly and seemingly most
These are the shadows of the past, living on as ghosts
(c) October 4, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: It Is Necessary For Every American, With Becoming Energy To Endeavor To Stop the Dissemination of Principles Evidently Destructive of the Cause For Which They Have Bled
“It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.” – Mercy Warren (1805)
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