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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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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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An Attempt At A Poetic Reply….

October 31, 2021

  Response to an email with a link to an article in The Atlantic magazine on a book titled The …

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Rebalancing….

October 13, 2021

“Turning our eyes briefly, now, to the West, where a theology derived largely from the Levant [Christianity] has been grafted …

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On Krishnamurti, James Joyce, And History….

December 28, 2020

  Let me warn you: this post is far too long. It is an email I woke up and sent …

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A Simple Notion, With Monumental Implications!

April 24, 2020

  From a response to a video:   It’s such a simple notion really.   I think of the North …

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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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