Monthly Archives: August 2010

Central Coast Wine, originally uploaded by Elizabeth Haslam. Wine is a symbol of the soul, the connection between heaven and earth, because wine (like the soul) is OF both heaven and earth – i.e., it can affect is with either ecstasy of lunacy.

Jung7, originally uploaded by turrido50. It is possible for dead ‘stone’ to become living, flowing, ‘water’. But this takes work, not mere wishful thinking. This actual preparation, however, is precisely what is missing from all modern versions of religion. The great pathos of modern religion (including New Age religion) is that it is telling stones…
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Mother-Teresa-collage, originally uploaded by Peta-de-Aztlan. Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. – Mother Teresa

1. Buy the book. Congratulations and well-wishes are terrific, but, well, not precisely the point. 2. Encourage other friends and family to buy the book. Go to your local library or bookstore and encourage them to buy the book. Buy books as gifts. 3. Don’t put off buying the book. Don’t wait for the holidays…
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Mary and Mary Magdalene weep at the mocking of Jesus, originally uploaded by DrBacchus. I’m glad to say that all 19 short videos in my series “Women in the Bible” are now available for viewing, on my website and/or on Youtube. I got “Mary Magdalene” on-line last night! Was she the wife of Jesus, the…
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I’m glad to say that all 19 short videos in my series “Women in the Bible” are now available for viewing, on my website and/or on Youtube. I got “Mary Magdalene” on-line last night! Was she the wife of Jesus, the ‘vessel’ of his semen and children, the authentic ‘Holy Grail’? Did they father a…
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A Washington Post article asks, “Can you believe in religious freedom but not believe the mosque is appropriate?” Why is this even a question? Can you believe in religious freedom but not believe a Ku Klux Klan cross burning is appropriate? Isn’t this fairly obvious? I don’t understand why this is a question!! “Legal rights”,…
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Masjid Sultan (Sultan Mosque), originally uploaded by judhi. President Obama weighed in last night with his opinion that a Muslim group has the right to build a Mosque on the site of the 9/11 attack. He based his opinion on America’s principle of Freedom of Religion, and noted that in the past the building of…
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lotfollah mosque, isfahan oct. 2007, originally uploaded by seier+seier. Freedom, for America’s Founders, meant that all Americans would have the right to pursue wisdom and truth for themselves, with no political or religious constraints imposed by the government. This is the basis of Freedom of Religion, among many other things. It’s what makes America special….
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The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667/1670,originally uploaded by leoncillo sabino. Spiritual teachings say that we are supposed to “find our way home again”: that is, we must seek spiritual Truth and become enlightened. But if we started at “home”, what was the point of sending us “down here” just so we can find our…
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