The SpiritWiki:About
The SpiritWiki is my continually evolving scholarly notebook. It was started back in 2007[1] as a way to help me sort out, and explore "mystical experiences" (herein referred to as Connection Experiences).
The SpiritWiki uses MediaWiki software and the Semantic Mediawiki extension to facilitate easy semantic linking and updating.
The SpiritWiki is an evolving theoretical/scholarly work in progress. At this time, all entries should be considered draft and subject to revision.
Some technical points...
Each SpiritWiki entry is structured into several sections, a mandatory definition and one or more optional sections, listed below.
- Definition: The definition section provides the canonical definition of a term.
- Terms: The terms section is included when incorporating external schools of thought. See for example Zoroastrianism. The terms section includes a link to all Zoroastrian terms, like Vohu Manah, included in the SpiritWiki
- Syncretic Terms: Syncretic terms are a) terms from other traditions and schools or b) terms from within the LP corpus, that mean the same as the LP term. Thus the terms soul, higher self, and atman are syncretic (mean approximately the same thing) as the LP term Spiritual Ego.
- Related LP Terms: Related LP terms are terms from the LP corpus that are closely related to the current term. For example, the entry for Spiritual Ego lists several LP related terms, like Bodily Ego, Monadic Intensification, and Physical Unit.
- Non-LP Related Terms: Non-LP related terms are related terms from outside the LP system.
- Notes, which is a section that includes commentary, links to research, and anything else that might facilitate consideration and deepen understanding,
- Footnotes, citations and notes from the entry
- References, a complete listing of all books, journals, web pages cited in the SpiritWiki
- Sometimes other sections are included.
Citation and Legal
Treat this resource like an online monograph or textbook. You can freely use information in this SpiritWiki, but acknowledgement (citation, direct linking, etc.) are required.
Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike. Connection 100 – An Auto-Ethnography of My (Mystical) Connection Experiences.” Religions 13, no. 10 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13100993 https://www.academia.edu/50970462
