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The true religion is not difficult to follow; the true religion is not hard to believe. You follow it, and you believe it, because it rings true in your soul like a great bell, and you can do nothing else.

How to Choose a Religion VIII: Old Religions, New Religions

February 12th, 2007

What is the difference between older religions and newer religions?

Ever since I posted the previous essay in this series, Languages of Spirit, I’ve had a surprising number of page hits from people putting this question into Google. I don’t know — maybe some professor somewhere issued this as a question for a take-home test, or something. In any case, since it seems to be on people’s minds, and I’m itching to write about it anyway, here we go! Read the rest of this entry »

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For the spiritual searcher who feels called or connected to Nature and the Ancient World, my articles and recordings provide spiritual guidance, inspiration, and beauty, by fostering communication, openness, groundedness, and a sense of childlike awe.

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Experience meditation for yourself. It's an excellent way to communicate with guides, develop your intuition, explore inner space, and reach a state of peace.

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Experience meditation for yourself. It's an excellent way to communicate with guides, develop your intuition, explore inner space, and reach a state of peace.

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Not just a word. A guided tour of a tiny piece of the human experience. These are words you already know - simple words like god and sun and home. Words that are part of the furniture of your mind, the vocabulary of your subconscious, the words in your heart. You'll read about where they come from and what they mean, just like in a regular word-of-the-day, but you'll also read about how their sounds contribute to their meaning in subtle ways (phonosemantics), related words, and their place in the universal subconscious.

WORD OF THE DAY

Not just a word. A guided tour of a tiny piece of the human experience. These are words you already know - simple words like god and sun and home. Words that are part of the furniture of your mind, the vocabulary of your subconscious, the words in your heart. You'll read about where they come from and what they mean, just like in a regular word-of-the-day, but you'll also read about how their sounds contribute to their meaning in subtle ways (phonosemantics), related words, and their place in the universal subconscious.

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