The Harried Mystic

It says that G-d is also evolving, is in process, and is intimately tied to creation and consciousness. It suggests that G-d resides in possibilities that we sing into Being with Him. So, from the point of view of “theurgy”, imagining G-d, we are partners in Divine emergence in the World. Through our creative acts ( like liturgy) we quicken the movement of the Spirit and serve as midwives to the continuous birthing othe Divine intent.

The unhealthy and withering alternative is that our thinking ossifies and we become arthritically cut off from process. In this case, we are left instead with only a static snapshot: a dead object or stale concept or narrowly conceived, and possibly neurotically inspired, expression of idolatry. In allowing our imaginations to atrophy is counter to our best nature and, so, Biblically represented as an affront to the second commandment: No idols! The Zohar of Jewish Mysticism places great emphasis on the capacity to imagine, and this is motivating me today to consider the practical implications.

With this as a reflection for Matins, I will come back this evening and put theurgy to work in doing some automatic writing in the same context as Jungian active imagination – to allow what begins as a seemingly random set of thoughts to spool together in a self-organizing fashion and we’ll see what it produces. The whole thing intrigues me and I am quite looking forward to giving it a “spiritual whirl”.

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