October 2008
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How I’m Voting II: Cracks in the Constitution
In the previous post in this series, I discussed the Catch-22 we face in the 2008 US presidential race — two candidates that, in the overwhelmingly essential foreign policy arena, differ only in which kind of innocent people they feel it necessary to slaughter. It is possible to choose some other candidate entirely, and that Continue reading
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Steve Pavlina Book Review III: the Tarot for Smart People
In the previous two posts in this series, I reviewed Steve Pavlina‘s new book Personal Development for Smart People, and suggested a way in which his seven principles (Truth, Love, Power, Courage, Authority, Oneness, and Intelligence) could be mapped to the seven visible planets in astrology (the Sun, the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Continue reading
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Steve Pavlina Book Review II: Seven Planets for Smart People
This post is the second in a series of three concerning the correspondences between astrology, the Tarot, and Steve Pavlina‘s seven principles of personal growth laid out in his new book, Personal Development for Smart People. In the first article, I reviewed the book and suggested that Steve’s seven principles (Truth, Love, Power, Oneness, Courage, Continue reading
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Steve Pavlina’s Seven Principles for Smart People: Astrology and Personal Development
Steve Pavlina, the blogosphere’s foremost authority on personal development, has written a fantastic book on astrology and the Tarot. The odd thing is that he doesn’t know it. In fact, as far as I know, Steve is completely ignorant of astrology and the Tarot. He is something of a mystic — by his own account, Continue reading
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The Powers of Darkness, Wild Enough and Free
This week I have a few simple updates and pointers. First, a few days ago Erik at executivepagan graciously asked me to help him out by writing a guest post while he was on vacation. I accepted his invitation with delight and then, due to one thing and another, completely failed to post while he Continue reading
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