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"The notion of 'purity' and 'purification' is one of the commonest and most characteristic ideas in Orphic literature;"<ref>Adam, James. The Religious Teachers of Greece. Gifford Lectures. New Jersey: Reference Book Publishers, 1965. https://www.giffordlectures.org/books/religious-teachers-greece.</ref> In Orphic literature, purity included "a particular mode of life" (i.e. [[Right Environment]] and [[Right Action]], such as not partaking of animal food. Note, according to Adam, in the Orphic mysteries, we strive for the purity of the soul. On the [[LP]] we would say the soul is pure enough, being above the disruption, disease, and corruption of blindfolded existence, and that "purification" really refers to the alignment of the spiritual ego, body, and living spaces so as to provide a suitable space for the full expression of [[Highest Selff]]
"The notion of 'purity' and 'purification' is one of the commonest and most characteristic ideas in Orphic literature;"<ref>Adam, James. The Religious Teachers of Greece. Gifford Lectures. New Jersey: Reference Book Publishers, 1965. https://www.giffordlectures.org/books/religious-teachers-greece.</ref>  
 
In Orphic literature, purity included "a particular mode of life" (i.e. [[Right Environment]] and [[Right Action]], such as not partaking of animal food. Note, according to Adam, in the Orphic mysteries, we strive for the purity of the soul. On the [[LP]] we would say the soul is pure enough, being above the disruption, disease, and corruption of blindfolded existence, and that "purification" really refers to the alignment of the [[Spiritual Ego]] with [[Bodily Ego]] so as to enable strong and pure [[Connection]].


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Purification is the process of bringing the body, mind, and environment into Alignment with Highest Self.

Syncretic Terms

Alignment > Asha, Brahmacharya, Conversion Experience, Divine Perfection, Ethical Perfection, Eudaimonia, Gonennoncwal, Heavenly Marriage, Holiness, Ka'nikonhrÌ:io, Ondinoc, Perfect Connection, Perfection, Purification, Purity, Rectitude, Renunciation, Repentence, Righteousness, Samyaktva, Sane Living, Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, Taubah

Notes

"The notion of 'purity' and 'purification' is one of the commonest and most characteristic ideas in Orphic literature;"[1]

In Orphic literature, purity included "a particular mode of life" (i.e. Right Environment and Right Action, such as not partaking of animal food. Note, according to Adam, in the Orphic mysteries, we strive for the purity of the soul. On the LP we would say the soul is pure enough, being above the disruption, disease, and corruption of blindfolded existence, and that "purification" really refers to the alignment of the Spiritual Ego with Bodily Ego so as to enable strong and pure Connection.

Footnotes

  1. Adam, James. The Religious Teachers of Greece. Gifford Lectures. New Jersey: Reference Book Publishers, 1965. https://www.giffordlectures.org/books/religious-teachers-greece.