Archives for August, 2005

Someone She Has Not Met


She never mentions the word addiction in certain company. Yes, she’ll tell you she’s an orphan after you meet her family. She paints her eyes as black as night, now pulls those shades down tight. Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes, the pain’s gonna make everything alright.

Says she talks to angels, they [...]

What Would Jesus Say?


Where Is God?
Luke 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. Luke 17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

Love for Enemies
Jesus said, [...]

Jung Blurred


It’s been over a decade since (1) Richard Noll first put a challenge to Jungians: prove that analytical psychology rests on firm scientific ground, otherwise agree that it’s just a religion or pseudoscience. He was right to make this challenge. In my opinion, Jungians have lost their way - attaching themselves to new age voodoo, [...]

Practical Campbell: Smoke or Mirrors?


“The occult” – an emotionally charged term evoking sinister associations, everything from fraudulent and greedy fortune tellers to satanic rituals, images reinforced on movie screens and in pulpits across the country Â… but is this the reality, or merely projections of the public imagination? Is the practice of occult arts–particularly popular forms of divination, including [...]