Personal Growth Discussion
I was having a chat with a long-lost, rediscovered friend today that resulted in some stuff I wanted to save. Skim if you like, but I recommend reading. We were discussing qabala, and I found some quotes... Sheta: "The word nephesh (soul) designates the lower self in the time of sleep, ...
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May 29, 2008
This Tarot Generator Always Kicks My Butt
Osho Zen Tarot card of the day: Control Generate your own ass-kicking here. Controlled persons are always nervous because deep down turmoil is still hidden. If you are uncontrolled, flowing, alive, then you are not nervous. There is no question of being nervous - whatsoever happens, happens. You have no expectations for ...
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May 29, 2008
A Dream of Meridjet — and Donald Tyson
I met Donald Tyson (online) in 1999 when he was writing his book Sexual Alchemy. A friend of mine mentioned the upcoming book to me, so I emailed Don about it, as it was the first time I'd ever heard of anyone else with a spirit companion. He replied, and ...
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May 29, 2008
Heads Up for the Unwary, and an Apology
I've adapted this post from an email I sent to my staff list (the staff of Rending the Veil). I feel it is pertinent enough to pass to others who may have to deal with me. The first paragraph is business, then it gets personal. I have a couple of things ...
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May 29, 2008
Trust is a Difficult Issue
For documentation purposes, I need to post about a recent event, though there's only so much I want to post publicly. I'm looking into a way to filter some posts to registered users of this site, but for now I will only give a sketchy description and it will have ...
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May 24, 2008
Joey Was Here
Among the stranger synchronicities of recent days, today I found myself Wiki-ing Joey Ramone, who has been on my mind all night, only to discover that today is his birthday. He would have been 57 this year, which makes him ten years older than I am. Or would have. Once during ...
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May 19, 2008
I’ve Officially Reached Geekdom
I just built a new PC for my daughter and I to share. I harvested an old Dell case, gutted it to get a look at the bits, ordered a new motherboard w/AMD processor, power supply, heat sink, and 2 gigs of RAM. It cost right at $150. I put ...
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May 17, 2008
Website Review: Albernstein.com
A few items of intriguing synchronicity have occurred, which I think deserve bringing up to my favorite blog readers: you folks. 1) I am editing a new book for Immanion Press, and it’s on modern vampires and vampirism. I don’t want to give away anything in advance without checking with ...
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May 15, 2008
Los Angeles: City of the Soulsuckers
Here there be random bitching about celebrity. Annie Leibovitz is a world-renowned photographer who was créme de la créme when I first started reading Rolling Stone magazine in the mid-70s. Who the hell are the Moral Majority to criticize a goddess such as she? Why in the hell should she apologize? ...
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May 14, 2008
Meridjet and Lying, or Moral Ambiguity for a Cause
In an archival post from the old, defunct LiveJournal, dated 24 October 2003, I quoted an email regarding his ability to lie. My ideas have changed since then, but I am gonna go ahead and give you the old perspective first. The email text in italics, then the body of ...
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May 11, 2008
Funny Anecdotes to Blush By
I think I have to start carrying around a little notebook so that when I see/hear/think of something funny or significant, I can write it down to blog later. There have been at least three occasions in the past week when I’ve said, “I have to blog about this!” only ...
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May 9, 2008
Funky, Weird, and Out of Sorts
There’s so much to say and so many things going on lately that my mind is actually blank. I don’t know where to start or what to include, and let me tell you: it’s a rare day that I’m at a loss for words to put in my blog. This ...
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May 8, 2008
Since I Needed More Iron in My Diet…
On impulse, my daughter and I bought tickets to Iron Man, a movie I intended to see but not right that minute. It was friggin’ amazing. Phenomenal. I loved it. Okay, so I’m an easy sell when it comes to comic book superhero movies and many flawed blockbusters. I’ll even ...
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May 3, 2008
Beltane Issue of RTV is Live!
The Beltane issue of Rending the Veil is now live. You can view it here. We have content from Taylor Ellwood and Lupa, Donald Tyson, Gerald del Campo, and several new writers. We have feature articles, fiction, art that will blow your mind, columns and book reviews! Don't miss it! Sorry ...
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