Language of the Gods William G. Gray Page33
THE POWER OF NAMES
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ssuming that higher forms of life and intelligence than human beings existindependently of our physical universe, how might we communicate with them? Whatterms of consciousness (if any) should we use, and how could these be translated intoexpressions our normal awareness would understand? In other words if there are Godscan humans talk to them or more importantly, talk
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them?Esoteric adventurers of all kinds have sought such secret spiritual speech from onecentury to another. Ever since language began, there have been stories concerning"Magic Words of Power," both sonic and written, which were supposed to link man andGod together for some purpose indicated by the Word-Symbol itself. There was a belief that Man could say something which would persuade the God to do something. Thisdeveloped to a point of arrogance when Man became convinced he could actually compelDivinities to co-operate with his whims. All sorts of ideas abounded, but theirfundamental basis was that specially trained humans could indeed make intelligentcontact with higher orders of being which lived invisibly and intangibly behind or apartfrom our ordinary world of matter.Far from fading out in modern times, this communication-concept has condensed intoscientific studies of consciousness which it is hoped will enable experts to computerizecodes of pure energy impulses recognizable by intelligent beings beyond our earth, whena two-way channel of communication can be set up and operated for the mutualadvantage of both parties. As yet there is no indication how far such experiments areprogressing or what results may or may not have been achieved. The only certainty is thatno information would be likely to reach a literate public which might deny or disturb itsacceptance of authorities dictating the courses of civilized conduct throughout our socio-economic structures.As it happens, the bulk of our past scriptures and other writings purporting to be "Godinspired" consist of either admonitions calculated to encourage alterations of humanattitudes, or projective ideas of what life might be like if we were better people living indifferent worlds. There is very little in any sacred literature or oral tradition to suggestsatisfaction with the world we have made for ourselves on this earth. One might almostsuppose that scriptures on the whole were communicated to and by dedicatedrevolutionaries against current states of stasis. Their single constant and consistentmessage is: Alter awareness. Change consciousness. We are frequently told what suchchanges ought to be, yet never told precisely how to accomplish this apart from praying
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