Optional reading

Lenses

A lens changes emphasis on a page. It does not rewrite the reading, and it is never required. Use one only when you want to notice a particular kind of pattern. On a page that offers it, it marks sentences in the reading.

• Hermetic: MentalismHermeticism is a philosophical and esoteric tradition associated with writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. Later popular teaching—especially in The Kybal…
• Hermetic: CorrespondenceHermeticism is a philosophical and esoteric tradition associated with writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a legendary figure combining Greek and Egyptia…
• HistoricalThe historical lens asks what can be dated, sourced, and distinguished from later overlay. It keeps traditional belief visible as tradition. It sets aside popul…
• Hawkins MapDavid R. Hawkins (1927–2012) was an American psychiatrist and spiritual writer. He proposed a Map of Consciousness: a scale that places emotional and spiritual …
• Science contextScience can sit beside spiritual questions about self and awareness, especially where psychology and neuroscience study attention, mind-wandering, and self-refe…