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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 1 : Wile E Coyote
In this series, I will explore the various archetypes expressed in the animated myths with which we grew up. For simplicity's sake, I shall stick to Warner Bros. cartoons, as they are the ones that...
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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 2 : Bugs Bunny
Bugs bunny is a classic trickster character. Through clever disguises and jedi mind tricks, he always eludes a series of adversaries centered in the id(Yosemite Sam), the ego(Elmer Fudd) or the Super...
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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 3 : Daffy Duck
Daffy, the loony, screwball character, is the unleashed id. Sometimes arrogant, sometimes cynical, but always impulsive, he is always sure of himself, which gets him into trouble sometimes....
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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 4 : Foghorn Leghorn
This loudmouthed rooster is the archetype of self-assertion. He has a huge ego, but has wits to match. He exudes dominant, masculine energy in everything he does, from evading a chicken hawk to wooing...
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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 5 : The Tasmanian Devil
Devouring all that he sees, this ravenous marsupial's whirlwind of fury and voracious appetite make him a symbol of chaos and destruction. Big, dumb, and brutish, the Tasmanian Devil is the beast...
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Cartoon Archetypes, Part 6 : Porky Pig
Although he's the oldest Warner Bros cartoon character to achieve any sort of fame, Porky has generally played the role of the sidekick, usually to the eccentric and neurotic Daffy Duck. Timid and...
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Jai Ganesha
I have been feeling pulled towards this deity lately, ever since Hanuman Jayanti. I wasn't very familiar with Hinduism before I moved up to Portland, and there's a lot more that I'd like to learn. I...
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My Plea to Mercury
Sometimes I feel very much alone. I have a hard time opening up to people, and relating to them. I often suspect that I might be slightly autistic. I have a hard time getting grounded, and sometimes...
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Spiritual ADD
How am I supposed to form a beneficial bhakti relationship with a deity when my focus keeps changing? Just over a week ago, I had a download to start working closely with Ganesh, and then a couple...
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Renunciation?
What's the rush? Why so desperate to escape this world? Why should we fear our bodies and the earth which spawned us? I see so much beauty in the world. Why would I want to leave this place behind?...
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Confronting the ego
It's recently dawned on me just how ego-centric I am. In conversations, I often find myself waiting for my turn to speak. I tend to obsess about my problems without paying as much attention to those...
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Maybe Logic
A certain someone on my friends list has been posting the dogmatic tirades of the pseudo-mystical cult leader Samael Aun Weor lately. So in response, I've decided to post the writings of the perfect...
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Maybe Logic, continued...
COMMITTEE FOR SURREALIST INVESTIGATION OF CLAIMS OF THE NORMAL Dublin, 1986. I had given a talk to the Irish Science-Fiction Society and the question period began. "Do you believe in UFOs?" somebody...
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Memories
I just stumbled across this old photo of me at age 16(check out where I am). Although it was only 9 years ago, it seems as ancient as the megaliths behind me. How many lifes can one live in one...
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Tikkun
93 "Tikkun Olam" means "mending of the world" in Hebrew. It's referring to the Kabbalistic concept of recovering the light from the husks(qlippot) which conceal it. What I find interesting is that it...
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Job
"Naked I enter this world, and naked I leave. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away." -- Job 1:21 I always had trouble with this book of the Bible. It makes God look like a dick with something to...
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Spirituality, Mysticism, and Anti-Intellectualism
"God reaches you through the heart. Demons reach you through the head." So I've been told, and it's become a familiar story by now. One should ignore the mind and follow the heart. Something about...
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Magick
It was all around me when I first moved here. People around me turned me onto Crowley, Blavatsky, Gurdjieff, etc. I was told if you wear this charm or use these herbs or recite this incantation or do...
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The Swastika
Taboo as it is in the post-WW2 West, I've been drawn towards this ancient symbol lately. The swastika represents movement of energy. The movement of akashic energy beckons me. Involution and...
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Boy Scouts and the Illuminati
There is an all-male secret society which exists among us. They meet in private and conduct secret rituals. They wear special uniforms, use secret handshakes and signs, and swear oaths of allegiance...
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My Holy Grail
I've been on a quest for some time. I've been trying to integrate my spirituality into a modern scientific and rational framework. It's become this obsessive need for it all to make sense. Sometimes I...
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The Call of Christ
Since I came to Portland, I've been immersed in a mish-mash of Eastern religion and New Age spirituality. I'm certainly enough of a neophile to enjoy it, but deep down, I never fully felt like I fit...
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Law of Attraction
Yesterday at the Crystal Temple, us initiates did a prosperity ritual for the umpteenth time. I've done so many of these prosperity rituals I've lost count. I've bought many a green-colored candle...
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The Great Beyond
My great aunt died today. This wasn't entirely unexpected: She had terminal cancer, and the doctor said she had six months to live. We just didn't expect it to happen so soon. Don't worry about me....
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