Top 7 Posts of 2013—and More
As each year finishes, we review the hundreds of articles and posts at OCOY.org, to see which ones were read most often. This year these seven articles ranked highest: 1. Yogis Who Saw Jesus The day our Original Christianity and Original Yoga website was launched … Continue reading
The Glory of the Night of the Nativity
The third and last segment of the visions of Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824) who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose visions of the Nativity of Jesus were recorded by the German poet Clemens Brentano. The first two postings can be found here and … Continue reading
The Birth of Jesus, a Mystic’s Experience, Part 2
The altar at the grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The star under the altar is at the place of Jesus’ birth. Part 2 of the visions of Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824), a Catholic Augustinian nun who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose … Continue reading
A Mystic’s Vision of Jesus’ Nativity
Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824) was a Catholic Augustinian nun who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose visions of the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary were recorded by the German poet Clemens Brentano. Aside from the wealth of fascinating detail in her … Continue reading
10 Sagely Sayings of Swami Sivananda
One of the greatest master yogis of the 20th century was Swami Sivananda Saraswati, founder of Sivanandashram in Rishikesh in northern India, on the banks of the Ganga in the foothills of the Himalayas. His many writings have inspired thousands through the decades since his … Continue reading
Improved Social Media at OCOY.org
We continue to endeavor to make OCOY.org and the Light of the Spirit Blog friendly to social media users, that is, those who use sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and the like. For some time we have included the ShareThis plugin where … Continue reading