Are you a disenchanted Christian? A seeker? Spiritually curious? Mystically oriented? For all of his adult life, William Bezanson would give a “Yes!” answer to the above questions. At first a closet seeker, he was afraid to share with his fellow Church members the news of what his intuition was telling him: that conventional religion was off-target in explaining the Cosmos. He then embarked on a thirty-year examination of the fundamentals of the Church’s teachings and assembled, through researching and writing this book, a thorough critique and rewording of the Nicene Creed, the central statement of belief for the Church. His membership in a Rosicrucian order; his understanding of the Jungian world view; and his inner drive led him finally to the conviction that spirituality is more important than religion. I Believe presents the result of years of pondering, meditation, and spiritual exercises by the author, with the hope that his conclusions may be helpful in your own quest and for the spiritual evolution of humanity.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes a bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 135/.43
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781771231831 9781771230773
- LCCN
- BF1623.R7
- LCCN Item number
- B45 2014eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 163 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00235428 (OCoLC)900244397 (CaOOCEL)449060
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 3
- Copyright 4
- Dedication 5
- Author Note 6
- Contents 7
- Preface and Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction 13
- Why are the pews so empty? 14
- Part One: Spiritual Responsibility 19
- Reality and actuality 21
- The most important thing 28
- Point to Heaven: Not up, but in 30
- The Law of the Triangle 32
- Reincarnation and karma 38
- Dream: Nun at my funeral 48
- Name your shadow 61
- Part Two: My Conception of God 63
- For God’s sake! 64
- My conception of God 67
- Shirley MacLaine was right: I am God! 70
- How to pray 75
- Mary: Divine feminine of the Godhead 80
- The Christian myth 90
- Why are the Jews so intelligent? 95
- Part Three: Rosicrucianism and Mental Creation 103
- Rosicrucianism 104
- Alchemy: Manipulating natural forces to further the Divine purpose 113
- Mind came first, then matter 116
- Part Four: I Believe 123
- Summary 165
- Discussion 167
- Conclusion 173
- Appendix: For Further Reading 177
- About the Author 181
