William BloomMEDITATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A SILENT MINDOne of the most helpful insights I ever heard from a meditation teacher is this:6 min read·Dec 18, 2023----
William BloomIn 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?·6 min read·Sep 12, 2023----
William BloomThe Metaphysics of DepressionIt took me a while to understand what people were actually telling me when they described their experience of melancholia and depression…6 min read·Jul 17, 2023----
William BloomWhy Are Some Meditators So Smug?There is a lovely human contradiction here. Meditators are strung out between being primal primates and transcendent gurus.3 min read·Jul 9, 2023----
William BloomKing Charles III Coronation and the Provocative Vow of AllegianceA short comment about the coming coronation of King Charles III.1 min read·May 1, 2023----
William Bloom72 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…3 min read·Feb 19, 2023----
William BloomCURIOSITY 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…3 min read·Aug 22, 2022----
William BloomSelf-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…3 min read·Aug 13, 2022----
William BloomDying — No More Doom and GloomI am in the middle of preparing a new seven-session course on how to feel and think about end-of-life, dying and the transfer of…2 min read·May 3, 2022----