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  • The Song of Self

    A puzzle: Do you exist? Descartes famously answered this one by saying cogito, ergo sum: I think, therefore I am. Is it true, though? Does “thinking” have to be attached to a “thinker”? And what is “thinking” (cogitare) anyway? For Christians, the Self definitely exists, and is in fact eternal: after you die, your soul… Continue reading

  • Sphere, Spirit, Stone

    My old blog, the Word of the Day, is defunct, and I’m getting ready to take it down. Before I do, though, I’m going to repost some of the best words here over the next few weeks. Enjoy! Sphere Sphere comes from the beautiful Greek word sphaira, which meant “globe” or “ball”. By the time… Continue reading

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  • Using Meditation and the Tarot to Parent Consciously

    Today I’m delighted to welcome a guest author: Kara-Leah Grant, yoga publisher, editor, writer, speaker, teacher, and creator of The Yoga Lunchbox. Enjoy! New Year’s Eve packed a powerful punch for me this year – I broke up with my partner of three and half years two days earlier. It was two weeks before our… Continue reading

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  • Reconciling Dreams and Reality IV: the Struggle for Interpretation

    This post is taken from my journal of the fifth and sixth days of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 Dreams. I had three dreams. First, I was riding with some other people on donkeys through an autumn forest, looking for a monastery of some… Continue reading

  • Reconciling Dreams and Reality III: The Dragon and the Jewels

    This post is taken from my journal of the third and fourth days of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Wednesday, Septemper. 8, 2010 Dreams.Along with my eldest daughter’s Waldorf teacher, I am co-teaching a bunch of… 4th graders? In the dream, which appeared to be set a few… Continue reading

  • Reconciling Dreams and Reality II: The Pool of the Moon

    This post is taken from my journal of the second day of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 Today I was feeling a little odd, or a little off, from the raw vegan fast. I didn’t have many cravings, but was often pretty hungry and… Continue reading

  • Reconciling Dreams and Reality I: Balancing the Sun and Moon

    In September of 2010, shortly after making contact with the Bear guide, I was struggling to reconcile my career with my heart. This is a struggle a lot of people have, but my situation was much easier than most: I have an excellent job that I like a lot. In fact, perhaps you’re wondering how… Continue reading

  • Blood and Bone

    In 2009 I almost had to choose between my fiancée and my children. I was recently divorced, and had just met an extraordinary woman; but she lived five hundred miles away.  Ali was in Pittsburgh, and I lived in Massachusetts, near my children, my ex-wife, and her fiancé.  At first I resigned myself to a… Continue reading

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  • The Great Bear IV: Temple of the Bear

    Besides meditation, I did more mundane kinds of research on the habits of bears and the folklore surrounding them. I also looked up the meaning of “bear” (which means “brown”, but has a fascinating history — I’ll post on it at some point soon) and words related to it. I realized that the name Orson… Continue reading

  • The Great Bear III: Old Grandfather

    There is a word — it comes from Latin facere, “to make”; more specifically the nominal form, facticius, “handmade thing, craft”. It descended into Portuguese as feitiço, and came to refer specifically to handmade charms and talismans crafted by the inhabitants of the Guinea coast of Africa, frequently visited (and ravaged) by Portuguese sailors in… Continue reading

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