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Trying to find the balance between reason and intuition, science and spirituality, logic and magick.
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Re: when your falling in love
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I just...know
discussion post on Wed, August 13, 2008 - 12:09 AM
Re: science fiction writer
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John Brunner
His best known works are dystopias -- vivid realizations of the futures we want to avoid. discussion post on Tue, August 12, 2008 - 1:04 PM
Re: What Rising Sign do YOU find the most attractive?
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Uh, I have no idea. I think I can count the number of times on one hand that I've been in casual conversation with someone and they told me their rising sign. I'm lucky if they tell me their sun sign.
discussion post on Sat, August 9, 2008 - 11:33 PM
Re: burning man....
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I keep saying "one of these days," but every year, I either don't have the money or have a scheduling conflict(usually it's the former).
discussion post on Fri, August 8, 2008 - 6:53 AM
Re: marijuana laws
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There is a hell of a lot more at stake with prohibition than just the right to get high. It relates to poverty, it relates to justice, it relates to civil liberties, and it relates to health care. Prisons are getting overcrowded with non-violent...
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discussion post on Wed, August 6, 2008 - 5:01 PM
My Blog
"God reaches you through the heart. Demons reach you through the head."
Tue, August 5, 2008 - 11:18 PM
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So I've been told, and it's become a familiar story by now. One should ignore the mind and follow the heart. Something about this has always rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps this is a bit of defensiveness on my part, since I'm such a mental person. I'm also a very intuitive person, but that intuition has always worked in cooperation, not opposition, to my intellect. I see so much gullibility in the spiritual comm... read more 
"Naked I enter this world, and naked I leave. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away." -- Job 1:21
Fri, July 18, 2008 - 12:31 PM
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I always had trouble with this book of the Bible. It makes God look like a dick with something to prove. But lately I've been thinking a lot about the above quote. There's something very profound about it. I once thought of Job as a pushover who's praised for his blind faith. But now I'm starting to see there's a Buddhist-like message here about impermanence non-attachment. I've b... read more 
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 10:25 PM
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"Tikkun Olam" means "mending of the world" in Hebrew. It's referring to the Kabbalistic concept of recovering the light from the husks(qlippot) which conceal it. What I find interesting is that it implies a sort of karma yoga, in which closeness to God is achieved through action in the world, rather than withdrawal from it. But what I find particularly relevant is that one person's tikkun is not the same as another's. We each have our own spiritual purpose to fulfill, and the one tr... read more 
I just stumbled across this old photo of me at age 16(check out where I am). Although it was only 9 years ago, it seems as ancient as the megaliths behind me. How many lifes can one live in one physical incarnation? The number of lifes I've lived between then and now, the amount of growth I've undergone, the numerous different "phases" of my life, simply boggles my mind. The location of the photo is really perfect, because at the time I was Wiccan. Between then and now, I've been a Buddh...
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Thu, May 15, 2008 - 9:51 PM
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COMMITTEE FOR SURREALIST INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE NORMAL
Thu, May 15, 2008 - 3:49 PM
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Dublin, 1986. I had given a talk to the Irish Science-Fiction Society and the question period began. "Do you believe in UFOs?" somebody asked. "Yes, of course," I answered. The questioner, who looked quite young, then burst into a long speech, "proving" at least to his own satisfaction that all UFOs "really are" sun-dogs or heat inversions. When he finally ran down I simply replied, "Well, we both agree that UFOs ... read more
My Tribes
7th Mystery School,
Abundance Manifestation Network,
Alchemy: The Royal Art,
Alex Grey,
altars & chill spaces,
ALTARS & SHRINES,
Angel Tech,
Astrology,
Ayn Sof Kabbalah Community,
Cabalah Techniques,
Cascadian Elves Awakening,
Celestial Awakenings,
Ceremonial Magick/Ritual Magick,
ChaosMagick,
Chapel Perilous,
Clean Energy Activists*,
Crystal Temple,
developing psychic abilities,
Devoted to God~!,
Dirty Hippies,
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