Covid-19 — Not the “Chinese” flu, the .01 percent flu
Personally, I’m not a big fan of judging others and pointing fingers. People make mistakes and they should never be punished for them. Instead, they should be supported in their efforts to straighten themselves out and make things right again. But when John Ziegler...
Murdering the Mi’kmaq for Canada
I am currently working on a revision to my Canadian studies sociology course, specifically a unit on racism. In the unit, I am including some information on Edward Cornwallis, an English aristocrat who came to Canada to help expand the British colony. He is an...
What is Money?
Do you know what money is? Money is a medium of exchange, and a store of value. The question is, from whence does the value derive
The Mystical Shaman Wise One Maria Sabina — My Observations
Some thoughts on an Mazatec indigenous wise woman
2020 – The Year Ahead
In optometry, the number 2020 represents perfect vision. When you have 2020 vision, you see things clearly. It is the same for the year 2020. The year 2020 is the year of perfect vision, and final choice. From the lowest and most insignificant to the richest and most...
The toxic Catholic Church – how a priests firing exposes a toxic culture of silence and suppression
An article about a toxic Church culture, and what happened to a priest who chose to stand up to it
Thomas Szasz and the Myth of Mental Illness
A review of the sociological classic, “The Myth of Mental Illness.”
How environment creates the “alpha” male
Is being an “alpha” male really something to aspire to? Or is it really about emotional distress and mental illness? Take a page from Davi Mech’s wolf research and find out for yourself.
A Storm, a Shaman, and a Jaguar in a Mystical Dream Event
Read on Medium I have been studying mystical experiences, what I call Connection Experience, for just about twenty years now. I became interested in them when, out of the blue one day, I had one. While studying them I have “discovered” a couple of interesting things....
The Ubiquity of Mystical Experience
“If one purges the Judaism of the Prophets and Christianity as Jesus Christ taught it of all subsequent additions, especially those of the priests, one is left with a teaching which is capable of curing all the social ills of humanity.” ~ Albert Einstein In a previous...