They say money can’t buy happiness. The same also goes for celebrity, and even the status that accompanies being among the best in the world at your profession. We’ve had ample demonstration […]
Sundays with Uncle-God Momma: life is suffering
There are many renditions of Siddhartha Gautama’s life story and his becoming “The Buddha”. None of them are contemporary to his life, and all contain the motivations of their various authors as […]
Following bliss: Joseph Campbell, myth and living the authentic life
Today we’re putting Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) on the masthead. Chances are that you already know all about his thought and work without realizing it. When George Lucas wrote the first few drafts […]
Sundays with Uncle God-Momma: Truth and metaphor
Perhaps the fundamental catastrophe of religion is what Joseph Campbell called, “mistaking the metaphor for the truth that it describes”. We divide the realm of spirituality into myth and religion. The former […]
Sundays with Uncle-God Momma: Sita sings the blues
Myth serves as an individual path into the collective unconscious. It is a means to attain at-one-ment with the greater forces that affect the individual life. That is, it informs life by […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 5)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Wendy Redal Hermann Hesse, especially for Narcissus & Goldmund: His study of the tension between reason and emotion as […]
Sundays with Uncle-God Momma: the mahout's cry
God is not always far away. In some parts of the world, God is everywhere all the time. Not as in we are surrounded by God’s creation, but as in everything is […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 4)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Denny Wilkins I wrote and edited news and commentary for a living for 20 years. I, as they say, […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (Part 3)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. J.S. O’Brien The most influential writer and book of my life didn’t influence my writing style one bit (thank […]
Assigning blame where it's due: The authors responsible for how Scrogues write (part 2)
Writers who shaped the consciousnesses, and influenced the styles, of Scholars and Rogues. Lex As a reader of mostly non-fiction, with its division by subject rather than author, this is kind of […]
