“Han var mycket modern, långt före de flesta. Nu är det ju så att det är svårt att vara modern före någon annan. För att vara modern måste man vara minst två. Moderniteten måste förborgerligas för att bli erkänd som modernitet annars blir den bara bisarreri.”
Source: Sommargästerna: provisoriska memoarer; Ro utan åror: Noveller
“Dreams are distorted during the hypnagogic state when you are waking up and returning to your body. That is why they are often seemingly very bizarre and weird. By connecting to their originators, you can discover their true meaning, by Jozef.”
Source: How to Kiss the Universe: An Inspirational Spiritual and Metaphysical Narrative about Human Origin, Essence and Destiny
“Spiritual growth is the gradual, I would say, transition from a God of tradition to a God of experience.”
“It is one thing to say that the Lord is my Shepherd; it is quite another to be lost and have Him guide me home.”
Source: Extraordinary Faith: God's Perfect Gift For Every Womans Heart
“It isn’t that rote prayers don’t have a place as a meditative form of prayer. After all, Jesus taught His disciples to pray the Our Father. But rote prayers alone are limiting. If the only conversations I have with a friend or spouse are reading or speaking from a memorized script, how close would I get to them? How well would we know each other without genuine conversation? I could be using all the right words, but would I be having heartfelt talks that encourage and strengthen intimacy? God desires that same intimacy, the kind we seek with a spouse or close friend.”
Source: Soul Mates: Path to a Praying Partnership
“No one has to teach God's people to know God.”
Source: ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
“I have learned that there's no way to open yourself to the experience of God while retaining your cool, your sense of ironic detachment.”
Source: A Letter to My Congregation: An Evangelical Pastor's Path to Embracing People Who Are Gay, Lesbian and Transgender in the Company of Jesus
“Pathology can indeed evoke experiences of Absolute Godliness, but not all God experiences are caused by pathology. They can also occur due to disturbance in the geomagnetic field of our planet, consumption of psychedelics, excruciatingly extreme level of stress during a near- death situation, or ultimately through a natural and healthy procedure of meditation or/and prayer.”
Source: Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost
“Accounts from Europe indicate that the danse macabre took another form, inspired by the Black Death, rather like our children's rhyme 'Ring o' Ring o' Roses', which refers to the Great Plague. In 1374, a fanatical sect of dancers appeared in the Rhine, convinced that they could put an end to the epidemic by dancing for days and allowing other people to trample on their bodies. It is not recorded whether they recovered but, incredibly, they began to raise money from bystanders. By the time they reached Cologne they were 500 strong, dancing like demons, half-naked with flowers in their hair. Regarded as a menace by the authorities, these dancers macabre were threatened with excommunication.”
Source: Necropolis: London and Its Dead
“„Ja, Leute, in Das letzte Gefecht hatte ich die Möglichkeit, die gesamte menschliche Rasse auszulöschen, und das hat Spaß gemacht!”
Source: Danse Macabre