Our Academy's former president and long-time editor of our journal, Professor Mary Carman Rose, called attention to this emphasis in an article in the March and April, 1972; issues of The Aryan Path. In "Pythagoras Re-considered in the Late Twentieth Century" Dr. Rose wrote

As important as any aspect of Pythagoras' thought is his view that the self must be prepared for its metaphysico-religious inquiry by a discipline intended to bring about spiritual and intellectual development ....
. . "Metaphysical discernment" is gaining acquaintance with complex aspects of reality which the senses do not know directly. And, it is, above all, a discernment of which only the prepared self is capable.

Aldous Huxley, in his The Perennial Philosophy, wrote that "knowledge is a function of being. When there is a change in the being of the knower, there is a corresponding change in the nature and amount of knowing. " We in parapsychology need to develop ourselves spiritually so that we may explore the unseen reality which is continuous with nature. Then, as psychic scientists, we can demonstrate that there is no opposition between the seen and the unseen and, ultimately, between science and religion.

Rose explains that "Pythagoras originates in the West what has proved a perennially viable perspective. It is the view that there is a rapport between the manifold powers of the human intellect and the intelligible structure of reality. Truth is one. It is discerned by the inquirer who has prepared himself for it; and all similarly prepared persons will agree concerning it." I wonder whether it may not be the spiritually developed parapsychologist who will be the most important scientist of the next millennium.

Dr. John Cobb, Jr., one of the three directors of the Center for Process Studies, carries an explanation on the inside of the cover, that:

"Creative Transformation takes its name from the belief of process theologians that God's work is always creative and always transformative, and that wherever creative transformation is occurring, God is there. This means that instead of clinging to past formulations of faith and the ways of action that used to work, we are striving to be co- workers with God by seeking new formulations and more effective ways of action."

The regular editor of C.T. is Judy Casanova, the same person who authored From Sacred Lies to Holy Wisdom, - a vastly refreshing and reassuring personal story of finding salvation for her spiritual integrity in Process thinking. Every issue of C. T. is a treat. This millennium issue, however, has as Guest Editor, ex-pastor Dr. Robert Brizee, now a consultant and part of a recognized husband-and-wife counseling team. Dr. Brizee in the State of Washington gave us permission to use materials assembled here to offer "a different voice, a different Christian voice."

The first article by a computer expert who is also the senior pastor of San Luis, Obispo United Methodist Church sheds light on the human flaw of Y2K and how it came to be. Tracy Warner, a Wenatchee (WA) editor details the problems faced by the Roman monk Dennis the Little in the 6th century, solving the problem of when to celebrate Easter and giving us our Christian calendar -in the process miscalculating Jesus' birth date and leaving us a millennium with 999 years.

James Sanders, retired teacher now President of the Ancient Biblical Manuscript Center in Claremont, discusses the deep roots in Israel of the jubilee and its role in maintaining social justice. Theologian Thomas Ambrogi, of the retired church professionals' ecumenical community in Claremont, describes jubilee 2000, a movement calling for debt relief for the world's impoverished nations.

Then comes the topic of millennialism, from the viewpoints of Dr. Ronald Farmer, Dean of the Wallace All Faiths Chapel and Associate Professor in Chapman University, Dr. William Beardslee, director of the Pro...

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