What is Postmodern Magic, Part 1 |
A reasonable place to start in answering the question "What do we mean by Postmodern magic?" seems to be to ask "What do we mean by postmodernism or postmodernity?" I will start there, and later perha...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:18:00 PST |
Are Criminals "Out-Laws"? |
Hmmm... I am not so sure how I feel about this perspective on law. I will discuss it from at least two angles. First, criminals label themselves "Out-Laws", they are not generally recognized by govern...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:27:00 PST |
Letter: Justice and Karma? |
You know, the moment we start thinking about justice and karma we often tend to get sucked into the trap of self-involvement and an over-estimation of our own importance. This tendancy grows, at least...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:44:00 PST |
What is information? |
(This letter was inspired by, and partially written in response to, a brilliant series of essays by "Frater S.'.K.'. (David)". I highly encourage anyone who is interested to visit his marvelous Blog.)...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:55:00 PST |
Letter 18: A consideration of the question "Does Chaos Exist?" |
Hmmm... One would actually have to define chaos, yes? Hesiod's "Theogony", for example, mentions Chaos as the first God from whence everything else arose. This has caused quite a bit of confusion beca...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:20:00 PST |
Quietness |
Inside this new love, die. Your way begins on the other side.Become the sky.Take an axe to the prison wall.Escape.Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.Do it now.You're covered with thick clo...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Sat, 12 May 2007 07:47:00 PST |
Letter 17: Two letters on Identity and Logic |
You wrote: "A Rabbi once said, If I am I because you are you, then I am not I, and you are not you. When put into symbolic logic and declared in a truth table, this is a true statement!*I | Y | (I -> ...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:00:00 PST |
Letter 16: Thoughts on the three-fold Law |
Let me say off the bat that I agree with what both of you have said, the threefold law is simply a stick with which to threaten misbehaving children. (For those who don't know, the three-fold law is t...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:18:00 PST |
Letter 15: What is Faith? |
I think the work of Soren Kierkegaard has alot to say in relation to this question. If I may generalize and butcher his views: True faith has to be a passionate relation that is stretched to an extrem...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:55:00 PST |
Letter 14: Comments on Arguments against Christianity |
The voice of the shameless aesthete: This entire debate is pedestrian, worn out, common and boring. The position against which we are arguing is unimaginative and uninteresting and it provokes equally...
Posted by Uncle Herschel on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:19:00 PST |
