Category: To Essay
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Publications
At this current time of constant crisis, we entrain our ears and turn our hopeful eyes toward a much needed new revelation: toward Olam haBa, Hebrew for the world to come. The transfiguration of wine and bread, understood in its original context, reveals a nuanced insight for sacramental living; even more, unveils a key for…
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Creative Destruction, Part III: Conclusion as Beginning
(Follow these links for Part I or for Part II) Creative Destruction is a theme I’ve tried to get away from. Particularly these last few years, as I’ve worked to build a new life, in a new formation, in a place called New Jersey. But it comes back to me—creative destruction—seemingly unbidden, and trounces through…
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Creative Destruction Part II: Economics and Spiritual Crisis
(In case you missed it, here’s a link to Creative Destruction: Part I) I’m writing today under the influence of the full moon, and holding in mind the conditioning keynote of Libra: I choose the way which leads between the two great lines of force. It’s a perfect keynote as we consider the next installment of…
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Creative Destruction: Part I
New Moon and new essay to share on my most beloved topic: Creative Destruction. This is the first of a series of essays adapted and updated from a talk I gave at an Arcane School Conference in New York City, circa 2016. Introduction To Creative Destruction And A Warning This is a tapestry essay, woven with…
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9/11
Why bother to share another story of September 11 on this 20th Anniversary? I realize how much that single day shaped my view of the world as a fragile, fleeting illusion. What I saw reoriented me, turned me inward, set my life on a spiritual path. Which has me wondering: how are these strange days shaping our view and relationship…
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Learning to Swim
I learned to swim freestyle two years ago. On this new moon, I decided to reflect on what I’ve learned from learning how to swim: 1. Discover the essentials (bathing suit, goggles, swim cap, pool buoy, fins). 2. Ease into the water. Relax. Don’t be afraid. 3. When water gets in your eyes, ears, nose…
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A Miracle Blossomed
A little miracle happened here this morning. Today, Dan and I are preparing for our first official trip out into the world after sixteen months. I flipped on the light in the basement to hunt down an old carry-on bag for our flight, and there, in a dark recess under a table, in a crinkled…
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Where the story begins
an excerpt from Revelations from the Sole.
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2021 – A Silent New Year
If silence is a place of potential and possibility – energy poised for motion – then silence is the right way to begin this new year.
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Ode to Tom Robbins
This is the door of transfiguration. A magnetic barrier between where you are and where you’ll be.