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William

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About Me

At my core being, I am a Pagan Philosophy (Greco-Roman Moralist Tradition). I read and think about Greek and Roman philosophy along with more modern philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and Robert C Solomon. I play medieval music on a gothic harp such as music from Alfonso X El Sabio (Cantigas de Santa Maria), Personent Hodie, and other works. My other artistic outlet is wheat weavings, which I also teach.When not reading or playing music I enjoy attending the local www.meetup.com groups like the Orange County Pagans. I organize the Orange County Harp Meetup. I have lots more stuff but I think I will close with being a Public Servant, bureaucrat if you will. I find that it is important to service my community and is in part what I think being a Pagan should do. Being a Pagan is about duty (what we do) not so much about belief.

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My Interests

Ancient Greek Philosophy; Ethics; Nietzsche; Medieval Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy and History of Evolutionary Biology; Medieval Music for Harp; Andalusia History; Neo-Pagan Religion and Philosophy

I'd like to meet:

I’m always astonished at the people I have encountered and liked. So surprise me.

Music:

Mediaeval Baebes, Lisa Lynne, Dar Williams, Zeora Sage, Mozarab

Movies:

Wings of Desire, The Wicker Man, Lord of the Rings

Television:

Firefly, Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Books:

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), Symposium (Plato), Spirituality for the Skeptic (Robert C Solomon), The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche), Evolutionary Witchcraft (T Thorn Coyle), Stephen Jay Gould, Teofilo F Ruiz. Phantacie: Welcome to Swamp’s End by Angela Pearson and Crystal Ordonez

Heroes:

“For no one would choose to live without friends even if he had all the other goods” Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics (1155a5).

My Blog

What is the nature of the Gods?

What is the Nature of the Gods?   This is not a new question to me or to theologians throughout written history. I suspect it may be a question that has been asked once humans learned to ask ques...
Posted by William on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:22:00 PST

The Passing of Robert C. Solomon

It is with great sadness that I am writing about the sudden passing of Robert C. Solomon. He died on January 2, 2007 at the age of 66 in Zurich while traveling. Few of you may know him; perhaps from h...
Posted by William on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST

Letter of Brother Cornelius 15

My dear friend, Brother Aloysius, The ship was small and without provisions. Oh, how I wished that I could create food and water but at last, I never was very good at those kinds of prayers. So the r...
Posted by William on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:02:00 PST

Letters of Brother Cornelius 14

My dear friend, Brother Aloysius,   As we were traveling into the West, we happened upon a Dwarfish army. Now, I wished to greet them but my companions felt that we should leave them alone. For s...
Posted by William on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:45:00 PST

What Kind of Pagan am I

You scored as Roman Pantheonic Pagan. You are drawn to the Roman Pantheon. Most names of our planets come from this group, including: Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune, Mars and Venus to name a few. A littl...
Posted by William on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:43:00 PST

I'm a "puzzlement"

My score on The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test:The Harlequin(You scored 36% Cardinal, 48% Monk, 38% Lady, and 37% Knight!) You are a mystery, a jack-of-all-trades. You have the king's ear, but also ...
Posted by William on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:41:00 PST

Letter of Brother Cornelius 13

My dear friend, Brother Aloysius,   We found the phylactery only to lose it. My companion, Stella, took the phylactery and disappeared. Not knowing what to do, I told my other, non-thieving, comp...
Posted by William on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:45:00 PST

Letters of Brother Cornelius 12

My dear friend, Brother Aloysius,   Giants, Brother Aloysius, I have seen and fought giants. I think they are Etttins and yet this is not the most amazing part. I slew one of them, only to be tra...
Posted by William on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:23:00 PST

Weather

You Are Rain You can be warm and sexy. Or cold and unwelcoming.Either way, you slowly bring out the beauty around you.You are best known for: your touchYour dominant state: changing What Type of...
Posted by William on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:20:00 PST

Letters of Brother Cornelius 11

My dear friend, Brother Aloysius,   We continued following the raven in hopes of delivering the poor Lich from its cursed existence. As we traveled toward the Northwest, we came across three Orcs...
Posted by William on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 06:55:00 PST