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%DARK AGES ARISTOTLE DOMINANT SCHOLAR FOUR ELEMENTS 051113
 %EARTH WATER AIR FIRE PHLOGISTON EVIL GOOD SPIRITS 051113
%DEVIL PURITY PURIFY IDEAL FORMS CONFORM HEAVEN GOD 051113
%THEORY PARADIGM SALVATION REDEMPTION UNILATERAL IT 051113
%REFLEXIVE OBJECTIVE TRUTH TRUE LOVERS GRACE GIVERS 051113
%DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE SANCTUARY THEORY DESCRIBE SIN 051113

     Imagine   your  self  back  in  the  period   between
Aristotle and the confirmation of the Modern Chart of  the
Elements in  what  is  called  the "Periodic-Table-of-The-
Elements.

     In  those  early years;  almost all honored  scholars
considered the four most  "Elementary-Physical-Substances"
to be:

     Earth, Water, Air and Fire/Phlogiston.

     Within their context ---  might the following be seen
as  the  "components"  of "credible  theories"   regarding
"good" and  "evil"   spirits which were not-physical  <==>
not-objective;   e.g.,  part of a "parallel"  reality  ---
which  permeates  Earthly-Things  Down-Below  and  Heaven-
Above?

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     Might  the  following  ten  "components"   have  been
commonly present in people's  minds  at those times within
many contexts?

     1.  There are "good-spirits" and "evil-spirits".

     2.  Such  "spirits"   are  like  the  fluids   "Air",
"Water", and "Fire/Phlogiston".

     3.  Such  "spirits"  can permeate people-and-souls as
do "Air", "Water" and "Fire/Phlogiston".

     4.  Such  "spirits can be "driven-out"  of people and
out  of  their  souls" ---   as  can  "Air",  "Water"  and
"Fire/Phlogiston".

     5.  Pure  people  are  those  people   "out-of-which"
"evil-spirits" have been "driven" by one means or another.

     6.  Evil-People are those people "into-which"  "evil-
spirits" have moved to "possess" them as "habitations".

     7.  Good-People  by  virtue of their own  experiences
know more about "driving-evil-spirits-out-of" others With-
Power; than do people who have not been thus "purified".

     8.  Evil-People as the  "Habitations-of-Evil-Spirits"
will    cooperate   with   other   Evil-People   who   are
Dominated/Possessed  by  like "evil-spirits"  who  form  a
conspiracy against The-Health-of-People-and-Their-Souls.

     9.  The  above components of the pervasive theory  of
the  most basic elements ---  form the sound basis for our
best efforts to promote "good" by controlling "evil".

    10.  If we cannot manage,  discipline,  control and be
dominant  over  "evil"  --- we cannot be "good"  as God is
"good"; e.g., through "self-discipline".

     Where do "Evil-Relationships" fit into the above?

     Where do Alienation-and-Estrangement fit?

     Where do Reconciliation-and-Forgiveness fit?

     Where do Arrogance-and-Self-Righteousness fit?

     Where do Exclusivity, Tolerance and Inclusivity fit?

     Where do Reconciliation, Healing & Peace-making fit?

     Where do Grace, Humility & Distributive-Justice fit?

     Where to Authenticity, Coherence and Cooperation fit?

     What  are  the  "components"  and  "elements"   of  a
Coherent-Modern-Theory about the Essential-Foundations for
Personal-and-Communal Integrations-and-Integrities?

     How  are  we  to Find-Ourselves Joyfully-Together  in
Coherent-Ways within the Way/Ways-of-Shalom?

                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
                      "Search for Honesty and Integrity"
                    (On Being Yourself Whole and Healthy)

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