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  • February 22, 2023

    The Animist and the AI, Part I: ChatGPT’s Knowledge of Self

    The Animist and the AI, Part I: ChatGPT’s Knowledge of Self

    ChatGPT is a fascinating artifact. At time of writing, it has only been released a few weeks, but society at large is desperately grappling with it, almost as if it were an existential threat. What is it? Is it a sentient being? Is it a plagiarist? Does it enable cheating on essays? Is it an… Continue reading

    Consciousness, Futurism, The Structure of Consciousness
    animism
  • December 24, 2021

    Apollo and Coronis: Solstice and the Coronavirus

    Apollo and Coronis: Solstice and the Coronavirus

    In Druidry, as in many other religious traditions, we pay attention when seemingly significant coincidences occur. When we notice strange patterns and echoes where we expected only random noise. Meaningful happenstance. When we were thinking about this year’s Solstice message, we thought about gods of healing. Apollo, for example. For the Greeks, he was the… Continue reading

    Gods, Health, Meditation, Uncategorized
    Apollo, Comparative mythology, divination, meditation
  • June 29, 2021

    The Symphadox: Physics, Animism, Synchronicity, and Neural Nets

    The Symphadox: Physics, Animism, Synchronicity, and Neural Nets

    Back in 2014, musing on Emma Restall Orr’s excellent Wakeful World, I presented a paradox at the center of the mind / body dualism that’s usually assumed by both western science and religion. The crux of the paradox is: why are we conscious, but other things aren’t? Most people consider humanity conscious, but all other… Continue reading

    Astrology, Consciousness, Paganism, Philosophy and Religion, Zen
    animism
  • February 10, 2021

    My Anima II: Gender Identity and the Self

    My Anima II: Gender Identity and the Self

    What is gender identity? Is it part of our deepest self? Or is it something created by social expectations? How would we know? How does it work? Continue reading

    Consciousness, Guides, Inner Landscapes, Relationships
  • May 2, 2020

    The Chapel for the Vigil

    The Chapel for the Vigil

    The chapel for the vigil is in A wild forest, a wild stony river, bugs and birds. Heat, but the breezes are cool. The sound of water everywhere. Continue reading

    Inner Landscapes, Meditation, Tarot
    four of swords, meditation, Tarot
  • December 30, 2019

    Dogma Bites Man: the Role of Reason in Religion

    Dogma Bites Man:  the Role of Reason in Religion

    The road to enlightenment can be, and has been, walked by people contemplating the Bible’s oddly phrased, simplistic, and disjointed attestations, precisely because they are odd, simplistic, and disjointed. Continue reading

    Christianity, Druidry, Religion, Word and Spirit
  • October 27, 2016

    The Face of Justice

    The Face of Justice

    The hooded eyes Open to let just enough light in, each photon carrying the universe within it — The rest of the face utterly relaxed, at rest. Continue reading

    Philosophy and Religion
  • April 2, 2015

    Things Fall Apart: Why We Think Everything’s Getting Worse

    Things Fall Apart: Why We Think Everything’s Getting Worse

    Most Americans, year after year, continue to think that the country is on the wrong track. The older you are (i.e, the more experienced you are, and the more of history you’ve seen), the more likely you are to think everything is falling apart. And it’s not just in America: worldwide, people tend to think… Continue reading

    Consciousness, Futurism, Meditation
  • February 27, 2015

    Meditation: Animist Consecration

    Meditation: Animist Consecration

    Last night my awesome wife Ali and I joined in a set of consecration ceremonies at our Unitarian Universalist church. Along with the Reverend’s UU blessing and our friend Chris’s Wiccan consecration, we demonstrated a Druid / Animist method of connecting with an object. I say “connecting with” an object instead of “consecrating” because in… Continue reading

    Consciousness, Druidry, Meditation, Ritual
  • October 27, 2014

    Powers of Darkness

    Powers of Darkness

    The children have collectively created a mythology that is rich, colorful, and choked with fear and desperation. Continue reading

    Religion
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