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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
On Being Eclectic
It could be argued that all spiritual systems are eclectic systems for every religion or spiritual philosophy known to man has been colored to a greater or lesser degree by influences from elsewhere. Historically this blend has been accomplished through acculturation or imposition as one religious system came in contact with another.
That process […]
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Fakelore
I rather like the term fakelore. It bubbles and brews images of spin doctors chanting nonsense long enough and loud enough for the gobbledygook of the moment to take root and in many cases, to thrive.
Neo-Paganism in general and Wicca in particular have been particularly susceptible to the enchantment of fakelorists. Take for instance the […]
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Church and State
Just before the outbreak of the War for Independence, Swearing Jack Waller was dragged from his pulpit, beaten by the local sheriff’s men and hauled off to jail. Nor was this the only time Swearing Jack ran afoul of the law for it appears he served a total of some 113 plus days behind bars […]
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Friday, June 2nd, 2006
To Know Where We Are Going, We must Know Where We Have Been
The lineage of a family is often relegated to a neat table of relatively obscure names organized to show who begat whom and when. It can be easy to forget that each of those names identifies a man or woman who cherished the same hierarchy of needs and desires that guide our lives today albeit […]
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
Ty Nant
There I was strolling through Albertson’s when I spied a cobalt blue bottle winking at me from a bottom shelf in the international foods section. Well, I guess in reality what caught my attention was a label which said Ty Nant. You see Ty Nant is Welsh for house by the brook or […]