there’s this dream, then I’m awake.
Posted in Basic Ideology on Mar 1st, 2010
I am guilty, Lord, but I am also a lover — and I am one of your best people, as you know; and yea tho I have walked in many strange shadows and acted crazy from time to time and even drooled on many High Priests, I have not been an embarrassment to you…
-Dr. Hunter [...]
Posted in Basic Ideology on Dec 11th, 2009
The way of the Sufi is to embrace the joy of the essence of God in everything, and every aspect of everything. The best times and the worst times. Rumi expresses this supreme joy:
I am a lover of both His benevolence and severity!
Amazing it is that I’m in love with these opposites!
Jack
I [...]
Posted in Fragments on Nov 13th, 2009
This was originally published at The Entropy Report, back in May of 2008. I bring it to the forefront with great pleasure. If you’d like to see the original, click here.
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The Fear permeates the city with a dense fog in the mornings. As the day lingers, the fog dissipates, but the Fear just [...]
Posted in Basic Ideology on Aug 4th, 2009
As I write these lessons and examples, I think I am learning more and more about how to teach. I am making this journey with you, every step of the way. Richard Bach once said that we teach best what we most need to learn. So, I guess, really, I’m just trying [...]
Posted in Basic Ideology on Jul 28th, 2009
The tracks always come back. Rumi. Shams. Wine and Dance and God. Was there ever really anything else? Since I first discovered Sufism as an adolescent, the dervish spin never left me. The idea that one can get so close, become so consumed in the flame, and love every [...]
Posted in The Cost of Magic, fiction on Mar 29th, 2009
This is the 26th section of my novel. If you haven’t read the first 25, you might want to start here.
Jane’s Journey
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In the astral world, Jane’s soul was exploring. She saw the pyramids of Egypt in their greatest glory. She flew over Atlantis, populated by ethereal glowing balls, that she could only assume [...]
Posted in update on Feb 23rd, 2009
Posted in The Cost of Magic, fiction on Feb 11th, 2009
If you’ve been following along, you have probably noticed that the main characters of the story are riddled with drug and alcohol abuse issues. Well, here’s a little attempt at explanation.
As a child, I loved the ideas of magic, especially alchemy. When I was 3 or 4 years old, I would make “potions” [...]
Posted in The Cost of Magic, fiction on Feb 5th, 2009
Posted in update on Jan 5th, 2009
And so another week begins here at Loki Listens. I did basically nothing this week. New Years Day threw me at the wall. Got a few cool things to talk about though.
On my new phone I’ve been keeping track of where I’m going and such with GPSed.
Still have the Early Bird Edition [...]
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