sex, pornography and human community

Reactions to pornography are often very strong, simply to the idea of it, never mind the actual phenomenon, which tends to mask the fact that things labelled pornography or “pornographic” can be very different in nature, circumstance and function. The word “pornography” goes back to a Greek word relating to prostitution, and that term goes [...]

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Sovereign Snakes and Sunshine

Serpents and snakes have a varied but resonant pedigree within the human imagination. Their undulating motion suggests a power supple, muscular and sensuous, like the natural movements of water, wind and sand made flesh. Heroes battle them, shape shifters turn into them, magicians and healers master them, yogis sit enlightened beneath their raised and unfurled [...]

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Esotericism – how we laughed and cried

I had quite a nice time yesterday and today, reading through online writings of the astrologer Dane Rudhyar, and indeed I had picked up an old book recently on the Sabian Symbols by him. Dane Rudhyar produced some very interesting writings and was himself a Theosophist with many interests, and a long and active life. [...]

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