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Religious Subversion in the Army: soldiers punished for not attending Evangelical concert
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Gus diZerega
Someday the more rabid elements within Christianity may come to respect the constitution, individuals, spirituality, and the American people. But not yet. Soldiers stationed in Virginia were punished for not attending a performance by the Christian rock group BarlowGirl as part of the “Commanding General’s Spiritual Fitness Concerts.” A new definition of the term “command…
Jon Stewart, Charlton Heston and the ‘mosque’
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Gus diZerega
Jon Stewart, as usual, talks more sense with more humor than almost anyone in the country.
Hallowed Ground in NYC
By
Gus diZerega
And in pictures. Here is another moving example of the soulful reverence that exists within two blocks of Ground Zero.
Theurgy and Drawing Down the Moon: Theurgicon 2010
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Gus diZerega
Theurgy is the late Classical Neoplatonic practice whose closest modern equivalent is Drawing Down the Moon. In both cases the practitioner achieves temporary unity with a deity, and is to some degree transformed in the process. These similarities, along with some others, are the reason why some investigators of our history argue that Wicca’s earliest…
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