A.  STAGES OF RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT

         Stages of Religious Development (with a Partial Timeline)

            The Parable of the Ants: Essay in Development of Doctrine

            The Great Chain of Being and Key Differences between the Medieval and Modern Worlds

           Sullivan's "Law" and the Parable of the Four Tribes - One Mountain
 

B.  SPIRITUALITY IN SEVERAL WISDOM TRADITIONS

    1.  General:

           The Fundamental Distinction for Inner Work

          The Wisdom Dimensions West vs. East  -- In Imagery and in Language

           The Esoteric Path

          The Lake Analogy: A New Look at Mysticism, Spirituality and Transformation

           Remarks on Roger Walsh's Essential Spirituality -- the Seven Practices

           A Partial Bibliography of Books from Many of the World's Wisdom Traditions --
                by and large those directed to the heart.

    2. Buddhism:

          Introductory Remarks on Buddhism
                   (Four Noble Truths plus Theravada, Mahayana and Zen Buddhism)

            The Buddhist Eightfold Path as a Spiral Path

   3.  Christianity:

          Comparison of the Yeshua's Way and the Buddha's Way

         Christian and Sufi Spirituality Compared: the Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive Ways

    4.  Judaism:

         A Glimpse of Jewish Mysticism: A Beginner's Comments on the Kabbalah

   5.  Sufism:

         The Seven Stages of the Self in Classical Sufism
 

C.  NOTES ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION AND ON ASSESSING RELIGIOUS CLAIMS

      An Overview of Ken Wilber's The Marriage of Sense and Spirit

      Notes on Assessing Religious Claims
 

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