(Don’t) Hold That Thought!
But then, it’s precisely that which differentiates us from every other life form on planet Earth. And pretty much only …
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James Joyce’s Ulysses: 3 Glaring Misconceptions
“How can you own water really? It’s always flowing in a stream, never the same, which in the stream of …
Corroborative Quotes….And the Updated Four Noble Truths
Let the quotes speak for themselves. Last post I had the temerity to offer an updated for the modern era …
The Omphalos Cafe’s Four Noble Truths…
Go big or go home, as the saying goes. And what these days is so big in the spiritual domain …
Shhhh! … Listen!
Shhhh! Listen. Who are you, who am I? We grow confused, or are born that way. Not precisely, but for …
Joyce, ‘Bloomsday,’ and Turnips…
It’s been awhile, again. A pause for the cause you might say. I’ve been poring back over Joyce’s Dubliners and …
New Age Seeds, Part Two: James Joyce…
New will be Old, Old will be New “Florry Christ, Stephen Christ, Zoe Christ, Bloom Christ, Kitty Christ, Lynch Christ, …
The Tropic of Cancer, and The Birth of the New Age….
A seminal work, in every sense of the word. And very fitting for what I call The Birth of the …
A Sunday Sermon…. (Not Really)
Just One Example Actually, we don’t do any sermonizing around here. I’ll leave that to others. We draw connections. And …
A Fragment of Biology
“History is a fragment of biology—the human moment in the pageantry of species.”—Will Durant, The Age of Louis XIV A …
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