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I started reading Updike for his essays, and bought "More Matter", a rather behemoth anthology of essays and reviews from The New Yorker and other publications over the years. I really prefer the...

The World is numbered 21 in the Major Arcana, and is governed by Saturn:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Major_21.jpg/72px-Major_21.jpg

The Wheel of Fortune is numbered 10 in...

I hope so. Imagine if the afterlife was a DMT trip? Whewww.. Mama-mia. No wonder Terrance McKenna died young.

In my heart of hearts, I believe in life after death. I believe there was life before...

The problem with divine inspiration is that it is expressed through the perspective of humans who are a product of their technology and cultural norms. Which came first, the class distinction or the...

I can appreciate your frustration, but try to take the perspective this isn't really a religious forum, but a literature discussion forum, and nobody has forced you into debate. Likewise, we are free...

See, I question all of that. I don't know that Jesus died for me, or that Jesus even died on the Cross. I only know those things were written into gospels, many of them, after the life of the one...

When you said Harper Lee, I immediately thought of Truman Capote. He and Harper Lee were childhood friends.

I hope it's like Middle Earth, with hobbits and wizards and elves, Mr. Frodo.

I wanted to mention Lilith in my previous post, but she was something of an anomaly. However, Lilith was associated with the very Shekinah I mentioned earlier, the Empress, the Queen of the Garden of...

The counterpart to YHVH (Yahweh) is the Shekinah, who is not only the presence of God, but also the Heavenly or Sabbath Bride:...

Note the four corners of the Wheel of Fortune card of the Rider-Waite Tarot. They are the angel, eagle, ox, lion. They are the four angelic beings in Ezekiel's vision. I enjoy the art work of other...

If God were omniscient, why would he have to prove anything to Satan, or to himself? This sounds like the doubt of an uncertain god. And, wasn't the evidence ad hoc? God didn't provide evidence, he...

I've read The Centaur, I've read Terrorist and Witches of Eastwick. I would like to read Rabbit, Run. I'm in the middle of S.

While that was a huge cut & paste, and most of us would have appreciated the article cited rather than posted, some of it I would have to agree with. We have a lot of Tibetan refugees in my area, for...

If that is your prejudice, then it is you who has created the distance before seeking to close the divide. Your assumptions remind me of one who carves a chasm into the earth because he has already...

Well, yeah, Ratroo, that is where I "stand on Rand" as well. I actually like her book, and I actually sympathize with some of her philosophy. It is not all bad, but it is not the greatest revelation...

MaryLupin,

You're spot-on with regard to the directions and attributes of each suit, thank you, but I would change one thing: The Eagle is actually associated with water, the suit of cups, and the...

Yeah, sorry, I gave the wrong impression. I believe it very likely that disciples, apostles and others wrote down Jesus' communications. Where they are now, who knows? So many writings have turned up...

Camera Obscura. Leonardo knew about them. They were first mentioned by Chinese philosopher Mo-Ti in the 5th Century.. The first known constructed camera obscura was by Muslim scholar Ibn al-Haitham...

I don't know if Persian poetry constitutes Arabic, either, but I was in a phase of collecting Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam for a while, and have a book shelf with six or seven copies, some limited...

Why does "truth" refer to meaning? Don't you mean "meaningful" refers to meaning? Why not say "meaningful", when that is what we are really talking about, rather than "truthful"?

Interesting statement about men who cover their heads while praying. Identity crisis in a Gentile world?

That explanation satisfies me, believe it or not. Thanks.

Aphorism. A paradox would be something like, "Only in darkness is it light," or, "A man is happiest when he is sad," or, "We are most alone in a crowd."

Though the Tao Te Ching contains...

Supposing God revealed himself through the prophets, it does not follow that the bible is a cohesive and continuous book.

The themes are not always consistent, except that all were written...