A Failure Of Nerve….
“Professor Gilbert Murray has termed the centuries between the flowering of classical Athens [circa 450 BC] and the growth of …
Tag Archives: Joseph Campbell
The Lost Shamanic Way….
Yesterday I was sitting in a coffee shop and the conversation turned as it frequently does these days to …
Why Joseph Campbell?
Ok, on numerous occasions I’ve insisted that Joseph Campbell’s four volume series, The Masks Of God, is the most …
The Decline Of Culture/Character….
Thanks for an excellent question, Jon. Why today’s paucity of genuine ‘literature?’ And it’s one I’ve attempted to tackle in …
Celebrating Giants Of The Human Spirit!
How long ago now was it that I first cracked the spine of Joseph Campbell’s Creative Mythology? Thirty years? …
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 …
‘Don’t Explain… Celebrate!’
The silly smile… I fall silent for weeks and then months at a time. You could say I retreat …
A Blessedly Quiet Place….
From the very beginning the Omphalos Cafe was conceived as a quiet place, a place away from the tumult …
“It Is Time For You To Leave, GraceHoper…”
From an email written earlier today: I seem to regularly wake up in the deep stillness of the …
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