INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 948 Amsterdam, August 8th, 2021 SCIENCE AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - ROLF SATTLER Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic much reference has been made to science. But what exactly is meant by science has been rarely spelled out. Questionable assumptions have often been taken for granted. In most discussions—if there were discussions—it has been assumed that science must be and only can be mechanistic materialist science. Hence all scientific solutions must be at the physical level. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/sattler9.html HERMETIC QABALAH MEETS COGNITIVE SCIENCE - EDWARD BERGE For those so informed, recall Aleister Crowley's infamous injunction: "Invoke often. Inflame thyself with prayer" (1992, Ch. XV). A focused mind must engage the emotions to effect a change in consciousness to achieve dissolution of the self identity into that which one invokes. And it must be done repeatedly to inculcate the desired result. He also notes that one doesn't necessarily have to believe in the objectivity of any entity so invoked, only to proceed as if it is true by at least temporarily suspending disbelief. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/berge14.html