The Vocation….
“The old god is dead, with his little world and his little, closed society. The new formal center of …
Category Archives: Religion
Words Of A Genuine Shaman-Type….
I don’t usually quote at such length, but I’ve been returning to the following passage again and again since first …
‘Like A Magnetic Field… ‘
“Actually,…there is a formative force spontaneously working, like a magnetic field, to precipitate and organize the ethnic [local, historical] …
Breakdown… And New Light!
The film Once Were Warriors has stayed with me as my world outlook broadened over the decades. What …
Communities….
“The link that binds all these individuals together into one coordinated super-organism is a highly effective system of communication.”—David …
The Impending Rebirth Of Symbols….
“Symbols hold the mind to truth but are not themselves truth, hence it is delusory to borrow them. Each …
Yesterday, Today… And Tomorrow….
“Once Rome had lived on the East, as modern Europe lived on its conquests and colonies till the middle …
“…The Drift Of It Everything…”
“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything….”—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Good old Walt. …
Shinto… Simplicity And Awe….
“For Shinto, at root, is a religion not of sermons but of awe: which is a sentiment that may …
Relativity… And The Omphalos Cafe….
“And since in human traditional rites also a certain psychological readiness to respond to certain specific sign stimuli is …
