Celia Farran, the wonderful Pagan song writer and singer, gave a house concert here as a small part of her West Coast tour.  I had first heard her sing on the wonderful “Symbol“ video and then played a role in helping her come to the attention of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, for whom she wrote and…

General Petraeus has warned that if Korans are burned by Sauronic bigots our troops will be in greater danger.  This has ignited a fascinating debate over at Huffingtonpost as to whether these imbeciles have the right to burn the book.  Pretty much lost in the discussion is a far deeper issue: that between empire and…

I have long been wondering why such deep antagonism against Social Security exists among so many prominent people in this country.  Under George Bush while Medicare suffered very genuine financial perils Republican politicians and conservative leaders never mentioned its problems all the while whining incessantly that we should “privatize” Social Security because of it’s quite…

David Spangler was one of the early leaders at Findhorn, and has since  worked in his own way in a broad spiritual approach  that I often find attractive: a mystical approach that honors and loves the world of manifestation rather than endless seeking to transcend it.  I was just sent a very interesting little essay…

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