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And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men [ἁλιείς ἀνθρώπων] — Matthew 4:18-19 “Andrew” (Ανδρέας) means “strong” […]

Donald Donato and I have recently agreed to do a little exegetical work on the Twelve Apostles - trying to draw them into a Gnostic frame, so to speak. I’m terrified, Donald is a much better educated gentleman than me, so I’m certain to look like an amateur, but one does what one can… There […]

I’m mucking around with tumblr by creating a tumblelog for my ongoing reading related to my various non-IT interests - particularly an integral take on organisations and on Gnosticism. It’s called Resonance, it’s got a feed. Please feel welcome. Technorati Tags: blogging, gnostic, integral

After a long illness, Robert Anton Wilson, died on January 11. Various people, R. U. Sirius, Fr. Jordan+, Bro. Jeremy, Bill Harryman (from whom I got the news), lvx23 and I’m certain many others offer tributes both short and long. I read “The Illuminatus! Trilogy” when I was 18… Bob is almost single-handedly responsible for the […]

Forgive me for the following set of mismatched ideas that landed on me while drowsing this morning that I just wanted to get out. I’ve been reading more (and in a very undisciplined, eclectic way) about Christian theology over the last two millennia without any particular preference for which of the various traditions I focus […]

As this notes, yesterday was arithmetically interesting, but it was also the anniversary of the day Phillip IV of France slaughtered the Knights Templar - Friday 13 October 1307. October 13 doesn’t come around on a Friday too often. The day is remembered by many European Gnostics as “Martyrdom of the Holy Templars” since as well […]

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent Of everything you think, And of everything you do, Is for yourself - And there isn’t one. That verse is attributed to Wei Wu Wei who is usually identified as an “ancient Chinese sage”, although in Peter Senge’s otherwise pretty […]

Kim Boykin: My husband and I spent last summer at my family’s cabin in Grand Lake, Colorado, at the edge of the Rocky Mountain National Park. In town one day, I picked up a pamphlet on living in bear country, and the suggestions for “What to Do if You Meet a Bear” sounded a […]

What is the word for the breeze between the tree and me That carries the scent of its leaves Connecting the leaf to my nose How many leaves? How many other noses? How many breezes?