Archive for December, 2007
I was asked what references I used in my Shinto posts; here are a few of the ones that I consider most essential. Some of these are noted in various footnotes in the Shinto series, but here they all are in one place. (more…)
And borrowing phrases! The title of this post is borrowed from Mam Adar over at Urban Druid. She has a very nice post on the appeal of Shinto (and Tibetan Buddhism) to a Western seeker, and a lot of what she says in the Shinto section applies to me as well, pretty much directly… but [...]
Today I passed my first ranking test in Aikido! (I’m now 5th kyu, which means I know just slightly more than nothing… )
I realize it’s nothing much in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a huge deal for me and my ongoing quest to transform my relationship to my body.
1. Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. I don’t really have anything to say about it, but I believe it should not be forgotten. For all who died on that terrible day - RIP.
2. Yesterday Mitt Romney was forced to grovel before the Christian Right in order to have a chance to pass the [...]
So, I was in our local Christmas shop(pe), looking for - but not expecting to find, as indeed I did not - a julbock for the tree… and I came across this amazing, highly shamanic Santa figure. (That’s the cool part.) The frustrating part is that, wanting to share this with you, dear readers, [...]
My wife and daughter made me this super Hogfather for my birthday! Life is good.
(Today’s post brought to you by humanity in general… )
I’m tired of -ity’s and ism’s; I’m tired of people going to the mat over particular ideas of things that none of us can possibly fully comprehend; I’m tired of people who have to take every opportunity to point out that other people [...]
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