Why the Gods Are Infinite
A dialog about whether the Gods are infinite or not often begins with “Gerald Gardner wrote that the Gods of the Wica are ‘little gods.’” Yes, he did, but he was not very interested in abstract theology.
View ArticleOn My Love for Sophia, Our Lady of Wisdom and Mercy
It is common to suppose that knowledge is not wisdom, but just what is the difference between them? Mapping knowledge is easy enough: mathematics, science, humanities, social studies (they should be...
View ArticleGoddess Murder, 9: More Discussion of the Gospels
Megan asked, “Don’t most people believe he could be the Messiah only because he was untainted by sexuality, because of the Virgin Birth?” “I’m afraid they do believe that,“ Alan said, “but that’s bad...
View ArticleAljazeera Is Radio Free America–and Remember Pete Seeger
I switched to Aljazeera, and found a panel discussion about the lasting importance of Pete Seeger’s 80-odd years of activism. And it struck me that Aljazeera is the only news source that tells the...
View ArticleMaybe a “Fellowship of the Spirit” could be a safe place to tell our true...
What if it became possible to talk more freely about these spiritual experiences? What if one had something like a support group where it was safe to open up and talk about what had really happened,...
View ArticlePlease Join the Aidan Kelly Book Club: Help Me Get My Books Written
My previous post on Patreon, proposing a journal to be called Mythopoiesis, was putting the cart before the horse. I was thinking about a book club, then thought it should have a monthly newsletter,...
View ArticleOn the Primacy of Nondisprovable Hypotheses, Part IV
Returning to the issue of partitioning DHs from NDHs. A concept similar to Gurdjieff’s Partition was proposed by Karl Popper. I have not tried to find out whether Popper knew about Gurdjieff. Perhaps...
View ArticleThe Art of Creating Religion. Part I
I am willing to entertain the nondisprovable hypothesis that our religions are inspired by the Gods, but if so, the Gods always employ one or more of us to do the actual writing for them—and we are...
View ArticleAgnostic Jewish Paganism—and Other New Religions
Yes, I am all three of those; how I define them makes them compatible. That is no stranger than Alan Watts’ being both an Anglican mystic and a Buddhist. I will discuss them one at a time. Agnosticism...
View ArticleBe just as we face corruption
Toynbee’s paradigm, that the collapse of a civilization begins when the creative minority is replaced by a dominant minority, applies to the current situation in our country. The dominant minority in...
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