The Illusion and the Reality of God Those of us who grew up listening to Bob Dylan had heard the excuse before, the one about this war being cool because God is on our side. Think of it: the creator of the majestic universe, architect of the miraculous self-healing body and the creative spirit of … Read more
Days of Aquarius EL SOL, OUR SUN AND SOURCE, is always new in the sign Aquarius for the U.S. presidential inauguration, which happened Thursday at noon in Washington, DC (5 pm GMT). It’s a fitting symbol of idealism and democracy that transcends time and history. Inauguration, by the way, means ‘divination by the flight of … Read more
Journey to the Deeps of Time Scientists with NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are awaiting data from the Huygens Space Probe, which earlier today was dropped to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. Huygens is part of the larger Cassini mission to Saturn, which was launched in 1997 and has … Read more
In the Wake of the Flood What if it were true? What if the Earth was reeling in our abuse of the environment and humanity’s endless tampering with nature? What if the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunamis were a message of some kind, a warning of what can come if we don’t take action? What … Read more
Originally published on Sexuality.org circa 2001. Link to original on Planet Waves. When Valentine Michael Smith, the hero of Robert A. Heinlein’s 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, returned from Mars late in the 20th century, fully human but raised without all the limitations and inner complications of an earthling, those who joined him … Read more