Hi All,
The following is very related to the ''Gnostic Contemplation'' I
just posted. One of the biggest warnings to the Gnsotic is the misuse of
thought and reason.....
Proving a fact or theory, or disproving it, is a
matter of direct measurement. This can be in regard to the aspect of cause and
effect, but pertains to demonstrable evidence regarding structure and form.
Prima Facie, Evidence
Demonstrable truths, are shown through
direct observation. When for instance, the yard is proven to be 36 inches, and
three feet, the observation can be seen as prima facie, as demonstrated and
observed. Prima Facie refers to what is observed without the addition of further
evidence.
A yard, as to length can be calculated in accordance with a
statement of the problem, or fact. The fact is 'justified,' as a yard being 36
inches long. This fact can be 'verified by stating the yard is also three feet
long. This comparison is the test for reliability, but it requires knowledge of
previous facts, contained in reference materials, and this ''direct citation''
can be seen as proper 'doctrinal referencing.' This is necessary for showing the
previously accepted perimeters of ''what is a yard.''
The above reflects
the following sequence of events in providing proofs..."
1. A theory is
stated as a fact, or statement of the problem.
2. A theory or fact must be
justified.
3. A theory or fact must be verified.
4. A theory or fact
must be tested for reliability.
5. The conclusion of this test must contain
the correct referencing and citations, that complete the test, and serve to
establish reliable measurement. This measurement is then subject to scrutiny and
use in the scientific community, and the general public. It is then, that the
particular fact can be accepted as such, or is considered acceptable.
Direct Citations and Parallels:
A direct citation in literature,
or reference, can be called a parallel. There are other kinds of parallels in
academic study that are acceptable to showing both comparison, and contrast of
forms and structures. They conform to the sequence above in establishing them as
viable. This is how verification and justification works in regard to
establishing a fact. There are several acceptable methods of scientific
measurement but not all can be seen as prima facie.
In the case of literary dependence Karen King suggests the following
criteria in determining the characteristic of viable literary dependence. The
reference to this work is... (''The Gospel of Mary Magdala,'' King, Polebridge,
2003. pg. 110.)
1. Extensive word-for-word similarity, (citation).
2.
Similar arrangement or ordering of materials.
3. Similar narrative context or
meaning.
4. The use of a citation formula. (For instance each saying in the
''Gospel of Thomas,'' starts with 'Jesus said,' or someone talking to him, in an
obvious schema. {My insertion} King uses, ''as it is written,'' and ....)
5. Use of language specific to the source work.
The ''Five Gospels,''
by Funk, Harper, 1993, pg. 544, states that a gospel parallel, is one where,
''In a gospel parallels or synopsis the gospels are arranged in parallel comumns
with matching materials opposite each other.''
Statistical
Analysis
Statistics is the science of classifying and determining
numerical information. The most common purpose is to determine the center of a
distribution. The terms used to indicate the center of a distribution are the
mean, medium, and mode.
The mean is determined by adding the number of
units, then dividing that some by the number of units, the result is an average
number of units. The median, is the value where half of the units in a set are
larger or smaller than the opposite set of units. The median is the point where
the set is divided. The mode is the value, or set of like units that appear
most frequently in a set. A set in most science involving polarity, is called a
field or pool, which connotes a perimeter of the form, or the unified body of
the set, as a whole.
Polarity Science.
Ethnology, and
Sociolinguistics use a type of analysis that can be seen as part of polarity
science or the determination of how some or all units in a field are prone to
being one thing, or are attracted to one pole, over another, thus creating a
medium and mode. While statistics work with mode, medium, and mean in terms of
actual numbers, sociology uses the same methodology for measuring aspects of
groups.
Polarity science can be thought of as that where measurement is based
upon an attraction to a polarity or points where units inside a field show
attraction. In a sexually mixed group of men and women, men-women can be seen as
diametrically opposed. If there are more men than women the polarity of the
group can be seen as dominant or positive mode for male. Exact percentages or
numbers are calculated to establish number of units or types in the pool, or
field.
Another way polarity science can be shown is in the study of
Sociolinguistics where a particular identifiable sound made in speech, like the
post vocalic 'r,' which identifies people from the same language pool. If the
same man-woman group is studied for the sound of the post vocalic 'r,' it can be
shown who is from the same speech pool, regardless of sex. Another example of
this same kind of observation is by dividing the group as to code patterns as to
who is more prone to ''now'' coded speech as opposed to ''elaborated'' codes.
This follows a natural tendency in language to be one or the other.
A
third way polarity can be shown in groups is to inject a 'slang' or unique word
into the group, and observe how fast it travels through the group from person to
person. This follows the traditional philosophical path of the group's economy.
Study of a groups 'economy' is a standard tool in developing ethnology's, and in
linguistics this trait of the economy is followed in language. Economy in a
group represents a form of natural polarity.
Linguistics and ethnology
are one use of polarity science. The use of this trait can be seen in the
ancient study of Chinese philosophy, in regard to Yin and Yang, and the Tai Chi.
Where statistical analysis is used to show the mean, the Tai Chi is used to show
the extension of the polar opposites and similarities of opposing forces, as
well as the center, or mean. It can show all of the traits of polarity listed
above, when applied in correct ways, of using variations, instead of
divination's, in the formula of the trigrams, of the icon of the Tai Chi. It is
not unlike using a quadratic field. It instead is an ogdoad (8).
The models show either a linear perspective or flow or polaric energy
within a field or along a path. The following shows truth and logic along a
polaric pathway through points A. B. C., and D.
Corporeal forms are
those in the form of matter, they are things. A thought for instance, is a
thing, that is not corporeal, and is not contained in matter. One device ancient
philosophers used to show how logic could be determined is called the ''Square
of Opposition,'' thought to have been devised by Aristotle.
Below I
will use a similar device to show how Truth, can be determined, using Truth in
place with Logic. The diagram below, from point A., to D., represents, the flow
of energy of truth, and logic, through the form or structure, of the tetrad, as
a form and concept. The field or tetrad represents a human thought. This thought
is....
What the above diagram shows is,
all of A. is true and logical, All of B., is not logical, All of C., is logical
but not true, and all of D. is true but not logical. These are the
considerations for determining whether a 'thought' as a non-corporeal form is
measured for truth and logic, given that A. B. C., and D., represent the cause
as operant, and the effect as true or logical due to possible cause and effects
within the field of human thought.
Mapping on a quadratic field (or
other, say an ogdoad, hexoganal field, or any chart) is another example of how
polarity within a field can show tendencies of cause and effect. Carl Jung is
noted for using the quadrants of feelings-thinking, and sensation-intuition.
These quadrants are used to map individual tendencies in a field, which in
Jung's case is a circle. The polarities of feelings, thinking, sensation, and
intuition, are the poles in the field, which determines these aspects of
personality.
In Jung's model, sensation is defined as conscious sensory process, and
intuition is defined as unconscious, or sub-conscious, perception. In this
schema these qualities are thought to be diametrically opposed in the human
psyche, and therefor a person will be attracted to one or the other opposing
force.
The quadrangle above is used like a map with exterior poles and
an interior field. A person according to the polarity of thinking, feeling,
sensation, and intuition, functions as an operant. This is akin to the concept
of phase-structure-analysis, as used in science and industry.
Phase-Structure Analysis (Recording Events)
Phase is a distinct
or characteristic period, and space, or 'stage' in a development of chain of
events. Structure is the arrangement of parts in a form, or thing. Analysis is
the separation of these structures and stages in the calculation of movement or
form of the structures in the aspect of cause and effect. Phase records
movement, of the structure(s), by an arbitrary, but acceptable standard of
calculation in measurement of the movement of the structure.
The movement
or phase of structures recorded within a field, can show an ecrimental pattern,
The movement of the structure can be seen to align itself with the grids applied
to the perimeter of the field. This is what can be shown as mapping, which is
not unlike using the yardstick to measure a thing. For instance the Behaviorist
concept of, stimulus, operant, and reinforcement, as
stimulus-operant-reinforcement (S-O-R) contingencies, are an acceptable way to
record the operant space/phase, and the forms or structures in events.
In
the course of recording events in both phase and structure, with common
measurement, or devices like S-O-R formulas, the polarity is obvious as to the
aspect of cause and effect. The thing happened, therefor the polarity is from
point A, where the event started to point B., where the event ended. The
operant space is the time and space from point A (The stimulus) to point B, (The
reinforcement), and the operant is the 'thing' or object that is characterized
in the event.
Human Perception
The aspects of measurement and science work
within the framework of human perception. Establishing a recorded theory or fact
is a matter of mutual agreement. This agreement must be predicated on an
accepted set of standards, that can be observed and recorded by a statistical
majority of observers, and recorders.
If human perception is flawed then
the principles of structure and form will not be shown as a match, proper
sequence, or analogy in the form of thought.
Consider that the Gnostics
figured out how to reason beyond prima facie evidence into what they called
innefable, which means occult. The Sethian Monadology maps out the reason behind
this mental power. (The Chinese prove the same quality of reason with the Tai
Chi) Clement of Alexandria, showed the same kind of respect for science, in his
explanations of demonstratable evidence.
Figure that what I wrote on the
Gnostic Contemplation is carefully sculpted to the ideas above. The idea of the
''Word'' in Sethian works fits with the idea of
Enlightenment....
Enlightenment: Refers to a state of being. ''The
Enlightenment refers to a movement in philosophy that advocted the untrameled
use of reason to establish truth. The movement challenged traditioal authority,
doctrine, and values. Emphasis was placed on the empirical method employed by
the sciences.'' (''The Five Gospels,'' by Funk, Hoover, Harpper-Collins, 1993,
p. 544.)
some scenarios this is Seth, Adamas, (Adam), or Jesus. (See Pneumatic. See Gaffney,
p. 246.)
