mystery

Is God immanent or transcendent? Are we made in God's image, or do we create God in our own? These are common and ancient questions. But I'm asking another one these days—one that seems to better suit my quest. And that question is this: where is God to be found?

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We've discussed stages of spiritual development before. And now I want to tell you what I've learned from M. Scott Peck.¹ His stages are a delicious mix of Fowler, Jung, and a hint of gnosis and mysticism, but well blended with years of psychotherapy experience. Or, Dr. Peck's stages of spiritual development are more of a simplification of Fowler, with somewhat of a grounding in Jung (who laboriously studied the ancient gnosis approach to mental healing), and is forged from his own study and experience.

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