Sermon on Altered States

30 Sep 201815 Mar 2021

The existence of mystical states absolutely overthrows the pretension of non-mystical states to be the sole and ultimate dictators of what we may believe. —William James, The Varieties of Religious…

Thrill of a Gain

21 Sep 201821 Sep 2018

A platitude is precisely what is left of a truth after it has been drained of all emotion.  --Michael Pollan, How to Change Your Mind, P. 251 Positive thinking experts…

Resonance

4 Sep 20184 Sep 2018

One of the joys of being a compulsive reader is finding resonances between books I'm reading concurrently. If I'm cynical about this phenomenon, it's part confirmation bias and part "nothing…