The previous four posts have attempted to articulate the what and how of the principalities and powers - those often unseen but felt realities that play out behind the things and events and experiences of human history - and I have enjoyed the chattering behind the scenes with those from all over the world who... Continue Reading →
Principalities and Powers: The Dragon’s Strategy (4/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (Pg. 98-100). "The Czech platwright (and later president) Vaclav Havel wrote, while the communist regime was still in power: "Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the... Continue Reading →
Principalities & Powers: In Thrall to the Dragon (3/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (Pg. 96-98). Liberation from the Delusional System The perception that the delusional system runs deeper than propaganda leads to a further important insight: those who are victims of the delusional system are nevertheless responsible for... Continue Reading →
Principalities and Powers: The Dragon’s Game (2/4)
Notes from Walter Wink’s award winning 1993 book ‘Engaging the Powers – Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination‘. (P.95-96) "Propaganda ("is not merely deception . . . it is the manufacture of idolatry" see pg. 94) is only the tip of the delusional iceberg, however. Other nations or disaffected internal critics can easily... Continue Reading →
Principalities & Powers: The Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing (1/4)
Notes from Walter Wink's award winning 1993 book 'Engaging the Powers - Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination'. The Dragon in Sheep's Clothing "People would not be so acquiescent to their own oppression unless they were caught in a powerful delusion. "Delude" is from the Latin deludre, "to play," specifically, "to play with... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 