I want to combine the last few things I’ve been talking about into one semi-coherent whole. In reverse chronological order they are: (A) the formula of spiritual advancement; (B) the ongoing cultural debate between Aristotle &. Plato; (C) and that weird stuff about Jesus, Lucifer and Ahriman. And to talk about these correlations, I’m going […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about this basic formula of spiritual experience that I devised a few days ago:

The observation of limitation
The intuitive knowledge of potential beyond limitation
The experience of transcending limitation into potential

I distilled down from what I think is the essence of Gnosticism (although others disagree). And I just spotted an article by […]

Jeff Wells has a great personal anecdote in his latest piece about his relationship with a bully as a kid:
One week, he got it in his head that I was his “slave.” To win my freedom, he said, I needed to beat him in a race. One contest a day was held at recess to […]

Back in the old days, I was really into using Photoshop. Ever since I got the program in highschool, I’d spend countless hours experimenting like mad with filters and channels and gradients and drop shadows. I got pretty good at it over the years. I even got a Photoshop piece of mine into a national […]

There’s a passage in the Old Testament which is commonly used as Biblical “proof” of the character of Lucifer, the proud angel who rebelled against God and was thrown out of Heaven. It comes from Isaiah 14:12,
How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you […]

I’m testing the code for a new ad system for the sidebar. I think I have all the bugs worked out this time, although I’m not 100% sure. I’ve only got the capacity here to test it on IE and Firefox. If you’re using a browser other than that, and everything looks okay, feel free […]