Note: This is an ancient review, originally published 10 March 2001, that I’m just now converting to WordPress. Last night I took advantage of the quiet due to having two kids gone on a camping trip to read So Mote…
On Religion
Plinky asked, “Do you consider yourself religious?” Not at all. I was always more spiritual than religious, but I was raised in a very religious family in which I was forced to participate in their Southern Baptist church. I started…
Diane Duane Rocks
Back when the Meisha Merlin warehouse was being cleaned out, Sam picked up a copy of The Sword and the Dragon, first volume of the Epic Tales of the Five by Diane Duane that MM put out. It contains The…
All-Snakes Day?
Is anybody celebrating that this year? I’m out of touch with the pagan crowd any more. I think the St. Patrick’s Day parade here in Atlanta was canceled because of the tornado Saturday. I was at home all day, so…
Thanksgiving
Let us give thanks for chaos and logos and implicate order; for dark matter, bright galaxies, and nonlocal connections; for crystals and continents; for Lucy’s skull and Mary Leakey’s footprints in volcanic ash; for Thales’ water, Heraclitus’ fire, and Pythagorean forms; for the…
R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle
I started this post on September 7, the day after the grand lady moved on to find out what’s next. I find myself certain that she wasn’t afraid, that she looked forward to a reunion with her husband Hugh and…
Is there a pentagram badge?
A historical article, written in 2001. In an introductory post to a newsgroup, I mentioned at one point that my partner and I have been active in starting a CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans) chapter in our area, and also…
It Isn’t Karma or Punishment
We did nothing, in this or any other life, to deserve illness. We aren’t being punished, nor are healthier people being rewarded. I’m all for finding out about the physical and biological bases of our conditions, as that information is…
Protected: That’s Some Gap
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Woof
Brezsny’s words to Scorpios for this week: SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one’s lost self,” wrote Irish playwright Brendan Francis Behan. Let these words serve as…