Distant Healing Strategies to Relieve SufferingEvery Thursday since the Spring 2020 covid lockdown I have led a twenty-five minute online healing meditation to relieve suffering. ‘We…Jul 30Jul 30
MEDITATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A SILENT MINDOne of the most helpful insights I ever heard from a meditation teacher is this:Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023
In the Age of Zoom Do Tribal Spiritualities Have a Future?When meditation, shamanic or pagan groups meet online where is their actual meeting? In what dimension is their gathering?Sep 12, 2023Sep 12, 2023
The Metaphysics of DepressionIt took me a while to understand what people were actually telling me when they described their experience of melancholia and depression…Jul 17, 2023Jul 17, 2023
Why Are Some Meditators So Smug?There is a lovely human contradiction here. Meditators are strung out between being primal primates and transcendent gurus.Jul 9, 2023Jul 9, 2023
King Charles III Coronation and the Provocative Vow of AllegianceA short comment about the coming coronation of King Charles III.May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
72 Virgins and Ecstatic Spiritual StatesMartyrs who die fighting for Islam are promised seventy-two virgins in paradise. Scholars argue over whether this was actually ever…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
CURIOSITY IS WISE AND INTELLIGENTI like curious people. I do not mean people who are funny-peculiar curious (though I usually like them too.) I mean people who are…Aug 22, 2022Aug 22, 2022
Self-Healing, Internal Martial Arts and Mystic LoveThere is an important connection between the internal martial arts practice of ‘bone marrow breathing’ and the mystic concept that ‘God…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
