The Human Element

Dear Friend and Reader: There’s that moment early in Dr. Strangelove, the 1964 masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick, where one of the president’s top advisors is explaining to the president and all of his military leaders how a lower-level officer has managed to start a nuclear war that nobody can end. That top advisor, Gen. Buck Turgidson, … Read more

In The Dark

Dear Friend and Reader: In the late 1980s I was studying A Course in Miracles as a student at a community in New Jersey called Miracle Manor. This was my first immersion in New Age thinking, in a time when the New Age was all the rage. Up until then, my inner pursuits had been directed not … Read more

The Dangling Conversation, Resolved

Dear Friend and Reader: Remember that in the background of everything else I’m saying in this letter is the last of seven Uranus-Pluto squares. After next week, the aspect of our era goes into separating phase, where a whole new set of effects will begin to emerge. If you missed last week’s edition about this … Read more

The True Colors of Uranus Square Pluto

Dear Friend and Reader: When I was in marine biology class at John Dewey High School, we did an experiment using a technique called chromatography. The simple experiment involved mashing up some seaweed with a mortar and pestle, mixing the pulp with alcohol in a small bowl, and putting in a little sheet of filter … Read more

Moonshine Horoscope — Virgo Full Moon Edition

By Len Wallick Aries (March 20-April 19) — It’s good to cultivate and nourish your inner child. It makes you a more complete, well-rounded human being. It’s not so good if your inner child runs your life. For those of you born with the Moon in Aries, there is some potential for the ‘not so good’ … Read more