

Sex and the Commons III -- Stunted Intimacy
Love cannot be disembodied even in its most sanctified forms, nor is it without sanctity even in its most fleshly. – Thomas Mann, Magic...


Square Ball in a Round Hole
To distract my toddler one morning when my wife was trying to get him into the car, I picked up the cardboard container from some wine...


Monkey Mind II: Mysticism, Childhood, and Mental Health
"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creation out of void, but out of chaos." -- Mary Shelley We are all mystics...


What We Do Not Want to Know about Ourselves
""...the dividing line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his...

Supernatural Bones
Glendower: “I can call spirits from the vasty deep.” Hotspur: “Why, so can I, or so can anyone; But will they come when you do call...