Aldous Huxley invented the word psychedelic in 1957, shortly after LSD became well known, but shamans had been using mind altering substances for thousands of years to induce healing  and spiritual and mystical experiences.  Psyche comes from a Greek word meaning "soul" and delic from a word meaning "to make visible"  Thousands of years earlier the ( Read more... )

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"God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought, even the categories of being and non-being." -- Joseph Campbell in The Hero's Journey" (documentary film, 2000)
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At the suggestion of my 12-step program sponser, i started to attend AA meetings.  This i did each week from August througjh Deccember, and i plan to resume attendance as soon as my strength is back. ( Read more... )

"My life flows on like an endless song ( Read more... )

( An important contribution was made to spirituality in the belly of materialist culture in 1935 when two sick alcoholics met in Akron, OH for what may have been the first AA meeting. Read more... )

Contemplation as Letting Go
Friday, September 2, 2016

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In the desert ( Read more... )

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard," -- A. A. Milne.
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"...The groundless sphere of all phenomena ( Read more... )