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Ritual Is the Attempt to Control Something Symbolically, Indirectly That One Has Split Off from and Is a Poor Substitute for the Real Potential of At-one-ment with Reality

Posted on February 16, 2013 by sillymickel

The Second Retreat from the Natural Self — Patriarchal Culture: One Gains the World in Exact Proportion to Which a Man Has Relinquished his Soul It is this attempt to control something symbolically, indirectly that is the basis of ritual…. Ritual … Continue reading →

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A Re-Visioning of “Civilization” in Light of Impending Apocalypse … Prometheus Made us “Civilized” … And Doomed: 21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 13

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Thirteen: On Defiance, Alienation from Nature, “Civilization,” Apocalypse, Marxism, OWS, and Ayn Rand Will “Progress of Man” Be Humanity’s Epitaph? All of the “achievements” of “civilization,” these increases of control over Nature, are traditionally … Continue reading →

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Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death, Meat, and Murder … Beginning Our Apocalypse: 21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 12

Posted on May 13, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Twelve: Deep Thoughts on The Fall – On Sacrifice, Dominion Over Death , Meat, and Murder… How We Started Our Slide Into Savagery Deep Thought on the Falls – Meat, Sacrifice, and the Determination of … Continue reading →

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Why Humans Are the Sorriest of Species … Apocalyptic Foretellings Hidden in Myths of Eden, Prometheus, Pandora, Icarus, Cain and Abel: 21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 11

Posted on May 11, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Eleven: Prometheus, Meat-Eating, Pandora, Eden, the Apple, the Fall, Cain, Abel, and When and Why Human Life Became All About Work Meat-Eating and Apocalypse…First Falls and Last After writing the previous section on fire, meat, … Continue reading →

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You Began Determining the Life Cycles of Some of the Earth-Rooted Beings of This Planet … Planetmates Say the “Agrarian Revolution” Was the “Direst Development”

Posted on November 3, 2011 by sillymickel

Through Horticulture You Expanded Your Interference in Nature’s Perfect Ways into the Flora Empire of Earth Citizens: The Eleventh Prasad from the Planetmates The Great Reveal from the Planetmates, The Eleventh Prasad: “Agrarian Revolution” – Interference in Flora Empire Planetmates … Continue reading →