Philosophy
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Trump and Norman Vincent Peale
In my last article, “An Insane Person for President?” I argued that someone completely disassociated from reality was insane, and that defined Trump. I even cited a comment from his niece, Mary Trump, a…
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One Divine Moment for Republicans and a Magical One for Democrats
The Democrats recently finished an enthusiastic and joyful convention, which caused me to reflect on what some would say were two magical or divine moments. There were two divine/magical instances in the last two months, one…
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Returning to the Shaman to Move Forward
In a taped lecture by Alan Watts, he discussed a 1957 paper by mythologist Joseph Campbell, “The Symbol Without Meaning” In it, Campbell explained the beginning, development, and dissolution of cosmologies or great…
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The Dog Whisperer and the Ego
Have you ever watched Cesar Milan’s show, The Dog Whisperer? Its newest rendition is called Better Human, Better Dog. It’s very spiritual. In the show, Cesar Milan, a dog trainer, takes on challenging…
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The Next Five Years
The next five years, in terms of climate change, could be brutal. Wading through the beginning of this article could also be brutal. But if you can get through it (it’s not long),…
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Free Will vs. Spiritual Determinism
In my last article, linked here, I reviewed an internationally renowned expert on the Western tradition’s philosophical and mystical roots, Peter Kingsley, and his view of the “Spiritual Determinism” embodied in Empedocles’ stories of…
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Empedocles and Spiritual Determinism
When I began writing this series on Peter Kingsley’s view of Empedocles, I thought it would be just one article. Now I am on my fifth article. Each time I think my next…
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Divine Madness
At the end of my last article on Empedocles, he claimed that the only way to make our way through the illusions of this finite material world is through Strife or “Madness.” This…
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Empedocles and the Garden of Eden
This is my third article on Empedocles’ story of the cosmos and the soul. In the first one, I laid out the basics of the story. You can read it here. It is the…
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Empedocles: Cosmologist and Magician: Part II
In my last article, “Empedocles: Cosmologist and Magician,” linked here, I laid out Empedocles’ story of the cosmos and his story of the soul and merged the two. For background, please read that article.…
