Our Lost Oneness….
Try to imagine the evolution, the organic blossoming of human interaction from families and clans through the vast …
Category Archives: History
The Untaught Key to Us All….
“Their holy places are the woods and groves, and they call by the name of God that hidden presence which …
The Last Giant Step….
It is the last step on the road toward… enlightenment. The most difficult too. And I’ll tell you …
A Failure Of Nerve….
“Professor Gilbert Murray has termed the centuries between the flowering of classical Athens [circa 450 BC] and the growth of …
Mature Man, The Celebrant….
“Man as the meaning of the world! What exaltation! This fragile creature that has ‘spirit’ for 5,000 years …
Why Joseph Campbell?
Ok, on numerous occasions I’ve insisted that Joseph Campbell’s four volume series, The Masks Of God, is the most …
An Attempt At A Poetic Reply….
Response to an email with a link to an article in The Atlantic magazine on a book titled The …
Rebalancing….
“Turning our eyes briefly, now, to the West, where a theology derived largely from the Levant [Christianity] has been grafted …
More Purposeless Emailing Play….
Worked this morning, had a nap, brewed up a coffee, and then sat down to return to Proust after a …
On Krishnamurti, James Joyce, And History….
Let me warn you: this post is far too long. It is an email I woke up and sent …
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