I'm always amazed at the things people say so unconsciously ... The Ego ,The
Divine.
In post-20th Century spiritual language it has become common to speak this
way - putting an article before the word. I believe it started with the
Freudians using this type of language to fortify their
Bill wrote:
The Divine is a mode of speech designed to shelter us from our frightful
picture of a horrible, wrathful God. However is also shelters us from having to
confront the Being at the heart of the most powerful experiences of deity
found in the western tradition - all-consuming
