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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Paradise Eternal
“The expulsion from paradise is in its main portion eternal: That is, the expulsion from paradise is final; life in the world is unavoidable; but the eternity of the event… makes it possible… not only that we might be living … Continue reading
Subversive activities
“If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it, your voice) and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.” [1] Erica … Continue reading
Admit
"When a man does not admit he is an animal, he is less than an animal…. Blake was the revolt of one man. He was not a revolutionary but a man in revolt. A creature in revolt can conceive that … Continue reading
Gate
"we live in a cage of light an incredible cage animals animals without end" – Ikkyu "There is, in every man, an animal thus imprisoned, like a galley slave, and there is a gate, and if we open the gate, … Continue reading
Animals & Robots
“In contrast to man, animals are not mechanical or sadistic, and their societies (within the same species) are incomparably more peaceful than man’s societies. The basic question runs: What caused the human animal to deteriorate and become robotlike? His viciousness, … Continue reading
Posted in Notes and Annotations
Tagged animals, control-systems, double-bind, religion, sex
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The Deprogrammer
“The cultists have been told not to talk, that conversing with “Satan” will allow “Satan” to get to them. They are advised to close their ears, not to listen, to shut “Satan” out. Often the cultists try to block themselves … Continue reading
The Incredibly Strange Story of Intelligent Design
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #97, expanded and revised with original illustrations. A fascinating survey of alternative human origins theories and their links to Gnostic mythology! Continue reading
Posted in Magazine Articles
Tagged Adam, aliens, Burroughs, cavemen, colonization, creation, Dembski, Eve, evolution, exobiology, extraterrestrial, Genesis, ID, panspermia, polytheism, UFO, virus
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The Spelling Error
In an ancient monastery in a faraway place, a new monk arrived to join his brothers in copying books and scrolls in the monastery’s scriptorium. He was assigned as a rubricator on copies of books that had already been copied … Continue reading
None
Morris was passing a small courtyard and heard voices murmuring. He went in and saw an altar with a large zero in the middle and a banner that said 'NIL.' White-robed people were kneeling before the altar chanting hymns to … Continue reading
Is God black or white?
A confused nine year old boy goes up to his mother and asks, "Is God male or female?" After thinking a moment, his mother responds, Well, God is both male and female." This confuses the little boy so he asks, … Continue reading
