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New Wine… And No Skin

June 26, 2012

I’m thinking of Xenon, who could walk into any temple, any House of God, any ashram or Holy Site, hermitage …

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What A Journey…This Life Of Ours!

June 20, 2012

Many years ago now, after cracking open a few books and starting what might be called a protracted course of …

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Humankind… The Tool Maker

May 23, 2012

“My guess is it probably started somewhere between twenty-five and seventy-five thousand years ago, when Homo Neanderthal was gradually being …

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Mead Of The Muse

April 17, 2012

“Will you be as gods? Gaze in your omphalos.”—Stephen Dedalus, A.K.A. James Joyce, Ulysses   No long winded disquisition here. …

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Listen For The Hum…

January 31, 2012

“You know, of course, where this other world lies hidden. It is the world of your own soul that you …

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A Magical, Almost Mythic, Realm

January 8, 2012

Years beyond counting ago this land lay flat, below an inland sea. Layer upon layer of sedimentary deposits accumulated, entombing …

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This Blogging Is A Humbling Business

January 3, 2012

This blogging is a humbling business. An inspiration flares up from within. Thoughts, ideas, associations coalesce. You start writing and …

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Careful, You’re Crossing A Line

November 18, 2011

“He is, of course, attempting the impossible—to describe in words (which always lie) that which is beyond words.”—Timothy Leary, forward …

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Too Big (Complex) To Fail…

November 14, 2011

Was it early last week that an asteroid larger than the biggest football colosseum known passed close by our cozy …

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A Tale Of Two Books…

November 8, 2011

“…but bear in mind that the word is not the thing, and that the description, however detailed, however intricate, however …

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