The psalmist:"You are totally miraculously made!"
Intra-aspectual Links
These links are given in gold. Notice that they only are known between the introverted and extraverted aspects and not between transaspectual characteristics. Thus these links function as "go-betweens" between the outward and inward sides of the 16 basic anthropological aspects. But as an aspect is as it were an autonomous territory, they are absent from the transaspectual qualities (separated by the grey lines).
The purpose of these links is to strengthen the introverted and extraverted aspects they are surrounded by. So the study of typology leads the pious both to learn about Christ and to increase the quality of their prayers. But also something like the hypnagogic state makes us wonder about the hidden world of the subconscious (about which Solomon said that even during sleep the heart does not rest). And also it can speak positively to our imagination and so can even give us some visionary flight of reason about a course of action.
The 32 aspects described with their intra-aspectual links:
body
mind
soul
spirit
spirit
spiritual health
dreaming
mystical
pneumatic
spirit's capacity to listen to the body
subconscious activity (only noticed during sleep, but always there)
mysterium tremendum
trust in divinity
a joyful/ pained heart
hypnagogic state
symbolism
typology
spirit power
imagination
romantic
precatory
spirit's capacity to strengthen the body
flight of reason through spiritual strength
imaginative sublimity
beseeching of divinity
soul
vital
historical
emotional awareness
ethical
life force
awareness of time
pure feelings
uprightness
silver cord/ golden bowl
quality above quantity
emotional virtue
equitable virtue
nutritional
economical
emotional response
juridical
feeding
scarcity
expression of feelings
adherence to laws
mind
neurochemical/ biophysical
logical
emotional ideas
theological
phrenal chemistry
analysis, deductive reason
holistic ideas ('father', 'teacher', 'leader')
theoretical awareness of divinity
neurotransmitters
discursive reason
bonding
ground motives
pharmaceutical
empiric/ experimental
social
worldview science
medicinal (drugs, alcohol, coffee)
synthesis, inductive reason, combining observations
solidarity and gregarious feelings (herd instincts)
theorizing about creation(al aspects)
body
physical
perceptional
hedonic
paranormal
force
basic awareness
pleasure & pain
prophetic quality
muscles
nerves
astral awareness
chakras
kinetic
senses
esthetic
parapsychological
movement
bodily perceptors
harmony
supernatural manifestations
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Spirit Power (Cf. Prov. 18. 14) This verse can both be translated as 'a broken spirit who can bear' and 'a broken spirit who can lift it up?' A joyful/ pained heart Solomon also said that a joyful heart is conducive to healing, but that in the pain of the heart the spirit is beaten down. Therefore the state one's heart is in very much determines one's health. Hypnagogic State The state between sleeping and waking up and of which a dream can be remembered. Typology Biblical Symbolism, such as the person of Joseph being an antitype of Christ. (For more of this see my study in biblical symbolism). Silver Cord/ Golden Bowl, etc. Eccl 12. 6: "--before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern." The silver cord connects the astral body with the material body and is fixed to a golden bowl. Perhaps the pitcher represents the human being as a vulnerable vessel of clay and the wheel as a breakable thing that progresses in temporary time. Equitable Virtue Equity in the KJV signifies 'justice.' Thus equitable virtue is a virtue that excells in 'judicious thinking.' Though the NT uses an older Greek word for 'virtue,' writers like the apostle Paul do not give its definition. Clearly the word was supposed to be sufficiently understood by the reader or hearer. Philosophers like Aristotle wrote much about the concept of virtue and its implications. So Aristotle said that virtue is the mean between two extremes. But that is reasoning from the negative. In 1 Pet. 2. 9 the plural is translated by Darby with 'excellencies' and in the KJV with 'praises.' Generally the Greek from Homer down denoted something that had 'power' (hence the Latin 'virtus'), 'good quality' and 'validity.' The connotation with emotions as virtues, such as chastity, is obvious. Apparently the ancient Greek also here went from the literal meaning of a word to the figurative.
Neurotransmitter One of the hundreds of chemicals that in the synaptic cleft (the space between brain cells) function as electromagnetic bearers of signals. So neurons fire these transmitters and other neurons capture and interpret them. Psychiatric patients, but also depressed people, have a problem with some of these transmitters; in the former they seem to produce too much dopamine and in the latter not enough serotonin.
Discursive Reason Deductive reason goes from the theory to the facts and inductive reason concludes from the facts to a theory. Discursive (lit. 'running to and fro') reason does both and in doing so operates interdependently on both theory and hypothesis and facts. Ground Motives The set of underlying ideas that function as the foundation of a theology or philosophy. Thus the set of "creation-fall-salvation-resurrection" functions as the basis of Judeo-Christian theology, whereas "evolution-determinism/free will-life/death" is at the basis of atheistic systems. And so pantheism and other "isms" have their respective foundations. Astral Awareness The real awareness of the immaterial body. Pain is only pain when registered by the astral/ immaterial body. If the body is hampered by say psoriasis, the soul does not feel pain in the affected area. Certainly when the material body is deceased, there is no pain. This may serve to show that the material body with its nerves only passes the signals on to the soul. It is the soul then that feels pain and pleasure, in the end; despite localized areas of pleasure and pain. The real pain and pleasure centra are located in the astral body. The human being is not simply a machine that breaks down at death. There are a mind, soul, spirit, conscience, will and heart in that body. Chakras Are supposed to be central points of the astral body. Through yoga or other forms of meditation these points are attempted to be influenced and manipulated. I do not want to advertize the study of these arcane ideas, as the bible warns against them.
Again, the other terms should be selfexplanatory; if not use a dictionary and think.
You can study an integration of my theoretical anthropology and my theological ethics here.
The apostle Paul: "Let nobody deceive himself, if somebody thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise (1 Cor. 3.18)!"
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