Not many people today know what a profound impact the Order of the Golden Dawn had on mysticism in the European…
Forging Identity
So often I run across people who are either engaged in a process of forging their own identity. Less often with someone living with the fallout of a parent or grandparent having done it. Brando Skyhorse’s mother told him his father was Paul Skyhorse Johnson, a Native American political activist. Really, his father was, like…
“[R]research subjects with a particular variation of a certain gene were more susceptible to self-transcendent,…
“[R]research subjects with a particular variation of a certain gene were more susceptible to self-transcendent,…
Origenes
I’ve been exchanging messages lately with Tyrone Bowes at Origenes. He “claims to be able to use ‘modern science’ to pinpoint the place of origin of one’s patrilineal ancestors one thousand years ago based on the results of a 37-marker Y-DNA test from Family Tree DNA.” Debbie Kennett is skeptical. One of our family stories is…
I was so busy watching Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens I forgot to keep my eye on the movement itself.
I was so busy watching Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens I forgot to keep my eye on the movement itself.