Poffo Ortiz –author, artist, philosopher, and resident Biopantheist– opens up about his background, history and life experiences in this “unofficial” autobiography. I’m an ex-Christian, one-time aspiring youth minister, with an extensive, self-taught knowledge in biblical studies, history, theology, psychology, philosophy, mythology, folklore, metaphysics and the occult. I also have a strong background in science, astronomyContinue reading “Fellow Inmates of the Asylum: Poffo Ortiz”
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Rethinking the Omnis: How Monism Saves God From Being Smooshed By His Own Rock
POSTULATE: The perception of the absolute attributes of a monotheistic God is none other than precognitive, intuitive awareness of the non-dual, pantheistic “All” (aka Brahman, Tao, al haqq, the Godhead etc), filtered through a cognitive process that, by its nature, renders the All as an object conceived by a separate subject. (Though I have aContinue reading “Rethinking the Omnis: How Monism Saves God From Being Smooshed By His Own Rock”
Biopantheism
The following is an introduction written for the Biopantheism discussion group on Facebook by its founder, pantheist author Poffo Ortiz. Biopantheism is a nascent movement in its very early stages (as of Sept 2015) seeking to codify pantheist values and deep ecology perspective into a sustainable spiritual community serving the Life common to us all.Continue reading “Biopantheism”
Pantheism and the Freedom of “Nothing Left to Lose”
It was suggested in a philosophy forum recently that pantheism might offer the only definition of God that is not disprovable. After all, the post reasoned, equating God with the universe makes it something only a solipsist would dispute (and actually, solipsism is the easiest kind of pantheism to explain, but that’s another idea forContinue reading “Pantheism and the Freedom of “Nothing Left to Lose””
Not One, Not Two 