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Guidance by Word, Card, and Star

  • A Sufficiently Advanced Religion: Magic, the Ringworld and Clarke’s Law

    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — Arthur C. Clarke’s 3rd Law Do you agree with this statement? I think that it’s true, in a certain limited sense, if you take “magic” to mean “something without rules, that can make anything happen.” I suppose it’s conceivable that technology could someday reach something like… Continue reading

  • Language and Gender: the New English Pronoun

    Something in the English language is changing, but not many people have noticed it. Maybe a teacher, here or there, has noticed it on one of their student’s papers, and thought it was an error. Or a pundit has railed against it in their column, or someone has written an angry note about it on… Continue reading

  • Nature and Social Insanity

    I’ve been talking with Alison a lot over the past week about insanity — particularly insanity in societies. Obviously individual people can be insane — usually broadly defined as mental or emotional distress that interferes with functioning normally in society. But what would it mean for a whole community to be insane? Is that even… Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Norn, Oak, Objective, Subjective

    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! Norn A Norn is a kind of female spirit found in Norse theology, who can cause great… Continue reading

  • Fiction and the Shamanic Journey

    In a series of posts a few years ago, I talked about the function of fiction. What is it for? What purpose does it serve? After all, it’s all a pack of lies — and what’s more, it’s lies that everyone knows are false. In that article I argued that fiction’s primary purpose was to… Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Muslim, Music, Mystic

    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! Muslim Muslim, and the related words salaam, Islam, and Salem, ultimately comes from Arabic salam, “peace”. In… Continue reading

  • At Death’s Door: Thoughts on Immortality and Spirituality

    At Death’s Door: Thoughts on Immortality and Spirituality

    A few months ago there was another breakthrough in geriatrics. This time, scientists were actually able to reverse aging in mice. The very thought of reversing aging has been considered insane for most of the history of science. Getting old happens — to animals, plants, buildings, planets, and stars. Bodies, like everything else, just wears… Continue reading

  • Words of the Day: Medium, Mother, Muhammad

    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! Medium Medium began life as me, a preposition meaning “between” in Proto-Indo European. A suffix dhyo was… Continue reading

  • Live Deeply II: the Pagan Calendar 2011

    Introducing the Pagan Month-by-Month Calendar for 2011. A calendar for a deeper experience of life. Experience Deeply. Seasons, Moons, Holidays. Attune yourself to the rhythms of earth and sky. From Wolf Moon to Flower Moon, from Epiphany to Lughnasadh, from Haiti’s Ancestry Day to South Africa’s Youth Day, set your spirit to follow the dance… Continue reading

  • Live Deeply: the Pagan Daybook 2011

    Introducing the new Pagan Daybook 2011. A weekly planner for a deeper experience of life. Experience Deeply. Seasons, Moons, Holidays. Attune yourself to the rhythms of earth and sky. From Wolf Moon to Flower Moon, from Epiphany to Lughnasadh, from Haiti’s Ancestry Day to South Africa’s Youth Day, set your spirit to follow the dance… Continue reading

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Word, Card, and Star – a journey through language, divination, and inspiration. A chronicle of my search for guidance, insight, and a connection to nature and the ancient world. Along the way, I hope to discover beauty, connection, groundedness, and a sense of wonder.

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