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John Cairns
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I like the first appendix because it corresponds closely with how my man (unconscious will projecting as a man to my child's inner eye) taught me in a vision of two sparks coming together to start a flame, another life. Soul if you like. The writer sees no reason why the animal may not be ensouled at conception. Nor do I. But, if my man is anything to be gone on, there's no development; he's a fully formed spirit
— Sep 03, 2014 12:31PM
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John Cairns
is on page 83 of 192
What impressed me was Porphyry's taking Plato as true and ensuring he conformed to him. By 'soul' is meant what confers life. There's vegetative soul to explain plant life and that of the embryo which is seeded in the womb by the male and nourished by a stalk to the mother. The problem is when does it attain the self-moving soul of an animal. He argues for at birth. Used souls are lining up to suit.
— Sep 02, 2014 11:28AM
John Cairns
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Only introduction and notes to it so far but Porphyry gives women equal credit; they're not just the matrix embedding the male seed and nourishing it; they are so much more than that though that too. Did you know if you were thinking about Brad Pitt at the conception, the ensuing child might look like him? Well, ladies, does it work? More liked the milkman.
— Aug 31, 2014 10:27AM
