Triessence

We have always had an inkling that we are greater than we seem, that there is more to a man than meets the eye, and that there are depths to a woman's soul that no man can fathom. Even the late nineteenth century psychologist William James, who authored the seminal text on the psychology of religion, The Varieties of Religious Experience, could not imagine "that the world of sensations, and of scientific laws and objects may be all." He concluded rather:

"The total expression of human experience, as I view it objectively, invincibly urges me beyond the narrow ‘scientific’ bounds. Assuredly, the world is of a different temperament, - more intricately built than physical science allows."

Empiricist philosophers are bending their brains into all kinds of contortions trying to find a purely biological explanation for what we call the mind. They end up with nothing but inadequate and unsatisfying hypotheses. How do we know that we have a soul? Is there a purely spiritual aspect to the human personality? How can we know this, and how can we define how our spirituality defines us as humans? What does this have to do with God, and what does God have to do with us?

These are the issues that will be explored in this space.