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December 17, 2017
Yule: Going Slowly In the Dark
Here in the dark of the year even the weather invites us, demands of us,...
December 10, 2017
Thoughts On The Great American Sexual Harassment Phase Change Of 2017
As some try to impose order on the inherently chaotic world of sex, romance, and...
November 2017
November 28, 2017
Nazis Are People, Too (As Much As We Want To Disown Them)
If reportage like this seems to normalize race hatred, perhaps that should be a reminder...
November 16, 2017
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
One of the Three Treasures of Buddhism is the sangha, the community of seekers. Budo...
November 13, 2017
Healing At Autumn Fires
Then I started dancing. And it became a ritual, the unloading of a million pounds...
November 02, 2017
The Return Of The Son Of Random Wednesdays
It's been a while since we've had a Random Wednesday post. But it's Pagan New...
October 2017
October 30, 2017
Samhain: My Father Is Dead
My father's death puts me in a different relationship with my ancestors, and I will...
October 17, 2017
An Open Letter To Barry Manilow: Please Help My Mom
Dear Mr. Manilow, The last thing my father did in his life was take my...
September 2017
September 25, 2017
A Eulogy For My Father, Mark Swiss
We have hopes about an afterlife. I guess some of us have fears -- Dad...
September 19, 2017
Life Is a Series of Dogs
If we love a dog, the odds are very good that they will die before...
August 2017
August 31, 2017
Hearts and Heads in Houston
Somewhere out there among the ordinary people saving lives in Houston is a guy with...
August 27, 2017
Love Starts With Boundaries
But we have to operate in both the realms of absolute and relative truth. It...
August 17, 2017
Nazis Are Bad. Now What?
While both are wrong, there is not a moral equivalence here between punching someone and...
August 14, 2017
The Fire Circle: All Kinds Magic Worked Here
The fire circle is an audience participation event. In fact, there is no audience. We're...
August 14, 2017
Knowledge, Victory, and Empathy
You have to get into your opponent's head. So to be a good fighter, you...
July 2017
July 31, 2017
Starwood 2017: An Unconventional Convention
Starwood is a magickal adventure construction set. A variety of pieces are provided, but it's...
July 27, 2017
Doctor Who: Continuity and Gender Politics
But we fans of long-running franchises also value internal consistency, a.k.a. continuity. Of course no...
July 14, 2017
FSG: Music and The Morrigan
So the Morrigan, that Celtic goddess (or trinity of goddesses) of war and death (but...
June 2017
June 17, 2017
Remembering Ringo
A heart that never cares is safe from grieving. But that's not what hearts are...
June 07, 2017
Reason, Social Justice, and Dionysian Frenzy
No disrespect to Dionysus, but social justice is not a job to which you send...
May 2017
May 23, 2017
Kyoto: The Ancestors Are Watching (Photo, 52 Make-up Week 18)
Catching up with posting the pieces from the 52 Make-Up Challenge. This entry and the...
May 21, 2017
Punctuated Equilibrium and Political Evolution
My interlocutor demands that we pick the best dinosaur. But the asteroid has already hit,...
May 20, 2017
Blessing Computers? Why Not?
Some corners of the net are getting a lot of incredulous chuckles about a photo...
May 13, 2017
Kyoto Bonus: Daruma-dera Visit
The figurines symbolize a proverb: if you fall down seven times, get up eight times....
May 07, 2017
Even In Japan, Things Change
Everything needs a little renovation now and again, even the human heart.
May 06, 2017
Kyoto’s Ancestors Are Watching; Deities In Commerce
It was as if the ancestral spirits were watching out over the city. I don't...
May 05, 2017
Seven Lucky Gods And The Spiritual Function Of Travel
And it reminds me of one of the spiritual functions of travel: to shake up...
May 03, 2017
Punching At The Shrine, Partying At The Temple
It demonstrates the way these two different paths fit together here. Religion is not seen...
May 01, 2017
Back In Japan
And so I'll get a little time in here with both Shinto and Buddhist deities.
May 01, 2017
Omedeto Rainbow (52 Make-up Week 17)
A rule for art: if you don't have technique, have a fresh and creative approach.
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