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Who Let The Dogma Out? Secular Seminaries

 

The Many Meanings of the Word "Democracy"

 

What is the Imaginal Realm?

 

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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Ego: Friend or Foe?

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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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Progressive or Conservative?

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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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Living in Fear is a Bitch.

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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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The Blessing of Anxiety

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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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Soul-making in Pictures

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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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Tantric Sex and Soul Making

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Peace Through Conflict

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The Myth of ‘Free Will’: Prove me Wrong!

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Yes, I Am Separated from God

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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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God is One, and Two

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Ten Hard Questions for Soul-making

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Where Do Mistakes Come From?

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PRACTICAL DUALISTS

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THE LOSS OF SOUL IN AMERICA

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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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Who, What, Why is Satan?

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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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PROVERBS FROM HERME'S DIARY 

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Most Evangelicals Are Secular Rationalists

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Soul-making as Spiritual Isometrics

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Death is Not a Part of Life

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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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Self Portrait by David Whyte

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What is Insanity? Am I Sane?

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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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Poem: SMUDGE 

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Soul-making and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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En-Humanment, Not Enlightenment

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A Time to Be Impatient

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SHOULD WE CRITIQUE RELIGIONS?

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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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So, How’s it Going?

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Poem: OPENING RODINS HAND OF GOD

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Poem: DREAMS

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Poem: GROWING A SOUL

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Poe: ALTAR OF SLEEP

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Poem: Something New

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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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Aphorisms

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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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For Jason

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Praying to an Empty Chair: Your Imagination Does Not Belong to You

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Poem: CREDULITY

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Poem: SHE AWAITS ME

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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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Course of the Phoenix

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Poem: Pillar of Creation

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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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IS THE MEDIA THE NEW CHURCH?

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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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Prayer for My Damn Enemies?

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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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SO WHAT, I’M INSANE

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I FEEL GREAT, UNTIL I WAKE UP

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Emerging Evangelical Christians: An Alternative to…

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Accepting The Discords of God

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How Does Positive Thinking View Emotional Anguish?

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Poem: Growing Down To Grow Up

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