Zen East and West….
Zen’s story goes back centuries, but it is a simple one. Buddhism was birthed in India and it …
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Relativity… And The Omphalos Cafe….
“And since in human traditional rites also a certain psychological readiness to respond to certain specific sign stimuli is …
The Fallacy Of Remoteness….
“That which speaks to us from higher, more distant realms comes clothed in secrecy and mystery.”—Henry Miller, Time of …
Need We Read Or Watch The Odyssey Today?…
Sure, fill your boots, as the saying goes. “Are you not entertained?!!” Challenged Maximus to the bloodthirsty Roman …
How Can Smart People Be So Dumb?…
Walt Disney built a multi-million then multi-billion dollar empire crafting clever cartoons of fairy tales. Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, …
A Quiet Haven….
Call us lone wolves. Sometimes Steppenwolves. Lately I’ve come across a new term: Sigma males. We’re not …
“Like Lambs To The Intellectual Slaughter…”
Fatigue and ruin Recently I’ve been boning up on my Canadiana with a short book on the history of …
The Power Of Myth II….
“Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were …
“Cawlin’ de Bin!”…
Most of us live guarded, controlled, circumscribed lives. Not wanting to ‘offend’ others we watch what we say and …
The Power of Myth…..
The hard logicians, meaning virtually us all given the widespread state of our universal educational system, dismiss myth as …
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