BLOGS & ESSAYS
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Who Let The Dogma Out? Secular Seminaries
The Many Meanings of the Word "Democracy"
Soul-making: Am I Worm, or a Butterfly?
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A Soldier's Dharma: The Death of My Son in Afghanistan
Waiting for the Sun, Or Suffering from Alvy Singer Syndrome (A.S.S.)
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Why Does Shit Happen?: Addiction and Power Are Not The Ultimate Problems
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ADDICTION, ASTRONOMY AND SOUL-MAKING: The Mysterious Nature of Dark Matter
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SATAN AND EVIL IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND SOME DEPTH PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
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The Modern Fascination with the Brain: The Religion of Cranialism and Politics of Neurocracy
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Alcoholics Anonymous: Twelve Universal Steps to Spiritual Experience
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Why Does Everyone Want to Write a Book?
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Plato’s Cave & Video Games: Is Virtual Reality Kil…
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MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FAIRNESS FALLACY: RE-VISITING THE CUCKOOS NEST
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Soul-making Therapy vs. Traditional Therapy
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What is Consciousness? or Why Are We Conscious?
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FOR THOSE WHO DON’T LIKE THE WORD “GOD”, TRY "GODDING"
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What is Soul-making Counseling?
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YOUR CRAVINGS BRING PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL COMPLETION
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Government Controlled Health Care and Mental Illness
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FOR THOSE WHO DON’T “FEEL” GOD’S PRESENCE
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The Normalcy and Necessity of self-Annihilation
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Preparing for the End, and the Beginning
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Freezing the Infinite in a System: C.S. Lewis's Critique of Anthroposophy
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Science and Religion: Two Instruments for Seeing Reality
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Confessions: Toward a Personal Political Position
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An Assessment of the Law of Attraction Oprah's Interview with Larry King
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Soul-making and the Colorado Shooting: James Holmes as the Joker, Trickster, Savior
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Interest is More Important Than Hope
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Two Forms of Suicide: Physical and Psychological
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The Relationship of New Age Spirituality to Depth Psychology
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Occupy Wall Street and Soul-making
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Occupy Wall Street and Puer Aeternus
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Jesus Was Not Your Typical New Age Teacher
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Does Life Operate By Chance or Purpose?
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Can There Be Absolutes in an Age of Relativism?
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Hillman’s Pathologizing and The Book of Genesis.
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James Hillman’s View of Suffering and the Bible
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Myth and Science, Two Ways to Two Truths
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE BEATLES
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Is It Really a “War on Terror”?
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THE SOLUTION IS IN THE DIS-EASE
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BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE CONFUSED AND JUDGMENTAL
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The Myth of Mental Health: Our Need for Psycho-spiritual Isometrics
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Mystical Narcissism: The Law of Attraction Meets the Law of Opposites
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The Role of Humor in Soul-making
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THE GREEN KNIGHT AS TRICKSTER: Soul is Made by Death and Sex
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The Hymn to Demeter: The Roles of the Gods in Soul-making
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The Cure: “Where the Birds Always Sing”
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WAITING FOR THE SUN: SUFFERING FROM A.S.S.
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Interest is More Important Than Hope
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Are Muslims the Problem, or Politicians?
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The Book of Job: Divine Madness
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HOW ADVERTISING AND RELIGION ARE SIMILAR: DID THE VIRGIN BIRTH REALLY HAPPEN?
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Religion, Politics and Modern Day Demon Possession
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Politics and the Role of The Ego
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Guest Blog: Teresa Lutrell On Losing a Child & Entering the Dark Night
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What To Do When I Think I Am Not Good Enough
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All Relationships Are for Making Unique Souls
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Using Your Art, Talents and Soul-making
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June 22nd – December 22nd: My Two Birthdays
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Hymn To Demeter: The Gods of the Underworld in Making Soul
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Transcendence or Transformation: Eastern Philosophy Compared to Soul-making
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INTEREST IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOPE
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From Inter-faith to Exit-faith
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The Myth of ‘Free Will’: Prove me Wrong!
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BE AN INFORMED DOGMATIST: IDEAS, IDEALISM, IDEOLOGY
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SWINE FLU, CHICKEN LITTLE AND THE END OF MY WORLD!
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How is The Imaginal Realm Different from Human Imagination
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Ten Hard Questions for Soul-making
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The Terror and Joy of Finding God in the Dark
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The Bible is a Book for Losers
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Finding God While Losing Your Ass
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Is Freedom of Debate the Central Tenet of American Democracy?
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BRIEF AND SHOCKING STUDY OF SATAN IN THE BIBLE
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Soul-making as Evidence for Immortality
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Mirror Christianity and the Bible
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The Necessity of Subjective Suffering
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Is it True That ‘Pain is Unavoidable, But Suffering is Optional?
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Most Evangelicals Are Secular Rationalists
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Soul-making as Spiritual Isometrics
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Churches as Gymnasiums, Not Hospitals
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The Necessity of Judgment and Confusion for Soul-making
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Soul is Made by Love and Death: Guest Lecture
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Ravished By God: Donne’s Poem With My Commentary
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‘RAVISH ME OH LORD’: John Donne on Divine Force
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WAR IN THREE PARTS: A Moment in Soul
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Happy New Year! I Think I’ll Kill My ‘Self’
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The Soul of Video Images: Why We Love Films
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Soul-making and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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En-Humanment, Not Enlightenment
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Not All Religions Are the Same
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OBAMA OR McCAIN: Does God Have a Favorite?
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Poem: OPENING RODINS HAND OF GOD
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Evaluation of Eckhardt Tolle’s A New Earth: Is There Such a Thing as a False Ego?
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Soul-making and the Death of My Child
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Poem: There is No Cellar, There is No Door
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Something Only A Man Can Understand
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One Very Short Simplified Version of the Biblical Narrative
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THE SELF MADE MAN DID NOT BEGIN WITH BARACK OBAMA
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For Jason Bogar: Who Loved the Flag
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The Necessity of Losing Your Head
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Death, Loss, Humility and Soul-making
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Praying to an Empty Chair: Your Imagination Does Not Belong to You
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Interviews from Beyond the Grave: Kurt Cobain and Norman Vincent Peale
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From the Medieval Rack to Medical Prozac
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Poem: God is My Emerging Insanity
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Talking to My Many Selves in Dreams: We All Have Multiple Personalities
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Imaginal Realm: A Sufi Perspective
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Interviews from Beyond the Grave: Jesus and Jim Morrison
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Really Good Quotes That Apply and Brief Comment
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The Ego Surrendered: Shiva Dancing on the Crushed Dwarf
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Emerging Evangelical Christians: An Alternative to…
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How Does Positive Thinking View Emotional Anguish?
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