Posted in Druidry, psyche on December 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Prayer beads, rosaries, malas. The idea of prayer beads is a good one. The principle is one that has served humans well since Ur. Repetition. To repeat a phrase, a wish, an affirmation (as we say today) is a way of fixing it into our minds, our unconscious minds and memories. Memory is a precious [...]
Posted in Masonry on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
It seems that every culture has had its warrior class and its ideals of how warriors should deport themselves. The most famous of these ideals in the West is the chivalric ideal which descended from the ancient Celtic cultures and was tempered by Christian ideas. I consider myself now to be a knight. [...]
Posted in Druidry, Masonry, myth, poetry, psyche on December 7, 2007 | No Comments »
So, all went well last night. I got to wear a microphone and everything! (Oh, is that a Masonic secret? No? OK.) The upstairs of the Scottish Rite Temple is soooooo cooool. It is like a very old theater, with costume closets and makeup chairs that look like they date from the turn of the [...]
Posted in Masonry on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
I have been battling a virus since my return from our Thanksgiving vacation to Phoenix and the Grand Canyon. It was a good trip and I was happy to see my sister, brother in law, niece, nephew, grand-nephew and my mum in the desert lowlands. Then it was equally fun to introduce my daughter [...]
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