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The View From On High…2

August 25, 2022

  Picture a mighty river, say the Amazon or the Irriwady (Ayeyarwady) which empties through a vast delta region into …

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The View From On High…

August 23, 2022

From an email to a friend:   Beautifully put, Blaire, for we are all one family, and more or less …

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It’s Coming….

July 21, 2022

I haven’t created a video in over two years now, so it never ceases to amaze me that people still …

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Why Joseph Campbell?

February 3, 2022

  Ok, on numerous occasions I’ve insisted that Joseph Campbell’s four volume series, The Masks Of God, is the most …

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The Decline Of Culture/Character….

February 1, 2022

Thanks for an excellent question, Jon. Why today’s paucity of genuine ‘literature?’ And it’s one I’ve attempted to tackle in …

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Celebrating Giants Of The Human Spirit!

December 17, 2021

  How long ago now was it that I first cracked the spine of Joseph Campbell’s Creative Mythology? Thirty years? …

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A Winter’s Day….

December 8, 2021

  I’ve grown quiet of late. Contentedly so.    Living in a northern climate winter was slow to arrive, but …

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Every Challenge is an Opportunity!

March 27, 2020

What better way to spend a few moment’s time on a rainy day out in Vancouver than writing a few …

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A Distinctly Western Buddha….

September 23, 2016

 James Joyce/Stephen Dedalus, circa 1904   Thanks goodness for the internet, WordPress, and now YouTube. They afford me—and everyone with …

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A Strange, Flowing Place….

September 7, 2016

Spent time yesterday watching YouTube videos featuring guys (and they’re mostly guys) like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra, others too …

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