We were talking about festivals and the Washington Monument yesterday (scroll down if you missed this valuable conversation). So I decided to press on with my research into the sacred symbolism of obelisks (tall, four-sided towers than end in a pyramid-shaped point). In ancient Egypt, obelisks paid homage to the all-male, all-powerful, stud sun god…

Thank you, reader Matthew for the following letter in regards to the questions stirred by the popularity of “The Secret”‘s Law of Attraction philosophy. Matthew writes: The idea of blame is completely without merit in the larger New Age set of beliefs that include the “Law of Attraction.” If someone’s attracted cancer into his or…

Well, the postman struggled to squeeze it through my slim mail slot. And when I picked it up to quickly review its contents, I realized that reading it slowly is a much better objective. At a full-figured 136-pages, it’s a thing of beauty. I’m talking about the Omega Institute 30th-anniversary catalog, a guide to 300-plus…

The Chattering clan recently pulled over to the side of Flatbush Avenue and ran out onto the sidewalk to get a better view of a large hawk sitting on top of a streetlight. He was so beautiful, and very patient with all the commotion going on beneath him as the main branch of the Brooklyn…

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