Spring Greetings–Embracing Change (web version of e-newsletter)
Dear Friends , Greetings to all in this strange, but glorious Spring. As I sit down to write, I cannot help but recall that in my new year’s letter, I wrote of the practice in some Indian temples of cracking… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
True Nature
Tulip Mania
Whenever I see extensive plantings of tulips, it brings to mind the tulip mania of the 17th century Dutch. At the height of the mania, single bulbs could sell for several times the annual income of a skilled worker. Now,… (READ MORE)
Cause/ Effect and Integrity
Earlier in the week, on my way home from a conference on the other side of town, I found on the $1 cart outside of Second Story Books, Starhawk’s Dreaming the Dark — Magic, Sex and Politics. Though I always… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
Signs Around Town (and a Tantic Philosophical Conundrum)
I haven’t photographed the t-shirt with the statement “it’s all good” to go with the sign below “needs work,” but I would need to if I wanted to show the apparent philosophical tangle of tantra. The tantric texts do tell… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town (Temporary?)
Found Objects Around Town
I saw these tools on the sidewalk in the afternoon. They were still there in the evening when I was walking home from teaching at William Penn House. I wondered how or why someone might abandon, forget, or lose such… (READ MORE)
