Religious Anarchist

Just came across this quote from an interview with Philip K Dick:

    When questioned about his own religious beliefs, Dick said he could best be classified as a “religious anarchist.”

    “I’m totally against organized religion,” he states. “I believe you have a direct relation with the divine or you have no relation with the divine. It has nothing to do with faith or dogmatic creeds. The initiative comes from the divine side. There is nothing you can do. All you can do is live an honest life, be brutally honest with yourself, and hope to become an object of interest with the divine beings. Using a formula to evoke them is technically called “magic.” I guess you could call me a neo-Platonist with gnostic overtones.”


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This entry was written by Tim Boucher, posted on November 20, 2004 at 1:58 am.

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