Building My Own Spiritual World View – Part 1
What?
A spiritual world view (hereafter referred to as an SWV) is a framework for a system of beliefs. This framework is composed of elements from my own life, beliefs, and imagination. This will make it uniquely mine, but I hope that by documenting the process, it might help someone else build their own.
How?
My SWV is going to be built in layers. Using different levels of spiritual symbolism to represent the ideas I hold dear. Some people will have many layers, while others will only have a few and others won’t have any layers at all. It’s going to be different for everyone.
Why?
Building an SWV is a good way for me to really come to grips with all the things I believe in. Having spent most of my spiritual life as a Zen Buddhist, I want to expand that view to incorporate so many of the other things that I believe.
When?
I’ll never stop building my SWV. It will constantly be changing as I add and subtract elements that work better or aren’t working. It’s an ongoing effort, but it’s also a labor of love. Building my SWV will take the rest of my life. Hopefully.
Who?
This SWV is going to be exclusively my own creation, but also the creation of everyone I know and have known. I will incorporate people both real and fictional into these ideas. It’s important to me to not limit myself in any way. Every person I’ve ever come into contact with in my life has impacted me in some way.
Where?
My SWV exists in only one place. In my mind. Even as I am writing this down, the SWV is changing. It would be a never-ending task to document my SWV. That’s not to say that I won’t try, but the only true version of it will always exist in my mind.
So, in this series of articles, I’m going to walk through the building of my own personal spiritual world view.
I think the most important thing to remember about all of this is that it’s all a placeholder or framework for what I consider my true pursuit in life. The pursuit to be a better person. To be the best human I can be while I exist on this Earth. That’s the point of all this, and if something in my SWV doesn’t fulfill that purpose, then it doesn’t belong. I will talk more about what does and does not belong in a future article.
The book I’ve been reading that started all of this is this:
Ascension Magick
