I thought I was going crazy. I was at a house party with a bunch of occultists and new age weirdos. We’d just finished eating an amazing BBQ with all kinds of Turkish and Middle Eastern foods. My friend Vandimir and I had both accidentally eaten a few strips of raw steak, mistaking the marinade…
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First, a story. Long time ago, circa 1999, way out in the woods somewhere in the Wisconsin wilderness. I was attending an environmentalist protest gathering with my girlfriend Janie. The event was mostly just a glorified camp out for weirdos who wanted to protest against destroying the wilderness, cutting down national forests, and urban sprawl,…
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INITIATION? The year was 2004. Blindfolded, knees knocking, heart beating fast, maddening images of terror flashing through my imagination, I sat in the cold lobby, waiting for the initiation to start. It was the first of many I’d undergo. Maybe it was the sense of adventure, or the unfathomable curiosity about the unknown that drove my quest. I…
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Want to feel fully alive again? Therapy, self development, and “healing” won’t cut it. Too many false assumptions under those labels. Read on to find out what WILL cut it. What’s under that suit of armor (tense muscles) of yours? Have you ever wondered why most people live in a state of constant tension and…
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This article is about true joy. It proposes that true joy and wisdom are one and the same. Proverbs 9:10 is often mistranslated from Hebrew as, “The fear of the lord is the beginning of wisdom.” This has been used as justification for a rather tyrannical and wrathful conception of god as some warlike man…
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