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Tag Archives: history
All we are saying, yet again…
I know its a wild and wacky idea , but perhaps we could try not bombing people and creating the reason for the next war. We have done this particular dance on and off for about the whole of human history.
Perhaps we could try a new approach , Continue reading
Minoan Dreams
a window on humanity soul, our pagan past, and the mythology that is the seed from which we grew. Yes these are modern interpretations and yes the are based on mere fragments, but even so these stories remind us of who we once were, of a common past. Something we all need once in a while. Continue reading
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Tagged amreading, books, fiction, history, mythology, pagan, paganism, quantum pagan, reads, writing
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The Quantum Pagan an Introduction
Last week, because I don’t have enough to write, I started work on a project that has been kicking about for a few years. While it may never see the light of day, as it is in part a personal project, I have been encouraged through conversations with a few people to write a book on pagan mysticism, faith and quantum physics… Continue reading
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Tagged history, pagan, paganism, paganisum, quantum pagan, reads, spirituality, writer, writing
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Terrifying Joy from the Forests of Flanders
Terrifying joys, and glimpses into Europe’s our collective cultural past. For while these are all Flemish tales, they are tales that are echoed throughout Europe. Which is only natural, as travels tell tales of their homelands and those tales get retold and made anew. A such this book is tales of the kind told around the camp fire, on the edge of the woods, with twilight all around. Told to frighten, and to warn. The woods are dark, the wise do not wander there.
But who wants to be wise… Continue reading
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Harlem’s Hellfighters…
‘The Ballard of Pvt Burbanks’ a pivotal chapter in ‘Passing Place’ tells what you could call the ‘origin’ story of Sonny Burbanks, the doorman at the very strange bar of the title. ‘Very strange’ is perhaps an understatement when describing the Esqwiths … Continue reading
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