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 Jan 17th, 2010
… in purgatory you knew that you were going either to hell or to heaven, and it was up to you where you went. With the joys and freedom of heaven as a carrot, you strove like hell in purgatory. You knew the theory of how to get the ticket to heaven. [...]
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 Quotations on Nov 7th, 2009
And still The Weaver plies his loom, whose warp and woof is wretched Man. Weaving th’ unpattern’d dark design, so dark we doubt it owns a plan.
-Sir Richard Francis Burton; The Kasidah of Haji Abdu al-Yazdi
Jack
I Listen.
Quotations 1
The Weaver
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 6th, 2009
When I asked the community for an inside view of Humanism, I never expected to get such a rich and detailed version like the one Ryan provided for our last lesson.
In this lesson, we’ll talk about Humanism, using the information that is generally available across the net, and some of the remarks Ryan [...]
Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 5th, 2009
A few weeks ago I asked on my blog and on twitter for Humanists willing to discuss their belief system. I was pleasantly surprised when Ryan Sutter, webmaster of humanistsofmn.org, contacted me.
I explained to Ryan what I was looking for, and what he sent me was so personal and informative, that I [...]
Posted in The Cost of Magic, fiction on Jan 13th, 2009
This is the twelfth section of my novel. If you haven’t read the first six, you might want to start here.
Jane Takes Matters
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Jane awoke to find Minus sound asleep. There was a note on the table beside the sofa bed. It read:
“Jane.
I spoke with my uncle not long ago. I needed more [...]
Posted in Basic Ideology on Dec 11th, 2008
As of recent, people have been asking me why I write about ideas and philosophy. The most common question I get is, “Who is your target audience?”
I’m going to steal a line from my good friend, Doctor Steal, to answer this.
“I am often asked what my ‘demographic’ is, to which I answer: [...]
Posted in Developmental Theology on Feb 14th, 2008
There was a problem with the way I saw life.
I liked it.
Loki.
Developmental Theology 089
Lesson #43
Life is certainly getting interesting.
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Posted in Developmental Theology on Jan 26th, 2008
The Sub-Blog
