Written by jonathanPosted in Featured,MysticismTags: blood and the holy grail, bloodline of the holy grail, DaVinci, desire, face, Foucault, foucaults pendulum, genre, hidden lineage, Holy, holy blood and the holy grail, orthodoxy, Pendulum, Robert Lomas, Templars, turin shroud, work, worldJanuary 11, 2007

Many years ago I read The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, which recently got so much publicity through the DaVinci Code legal battle, Later as an antidote....
"The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" (Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln)
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Written by jonathanPosted in MysticismTags: adult role, conversion to islam, form, Graphic, graphic novel, hobbit, influence, j r r tolkien, lack, myth and philosophy, opinion, philosophy, recent films, society, soul, TolkeinsOctober 5, 2006
Not all who wander are lost (J.R.R. Tolkein)
I can't even remember which of his characters says this, but Tolkeins love for myth and philosophy has left us with some fantastic stories where we often miss the subtler depths of the message. Certainly
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How do we deal with fear?
I remember as a boy seeing a "play for today" on the BBC, about the life of Jesus, it was very radical for its day, Jesus was played by a burly actor from the North of England (I don't remember his name), the scenes were acted
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The bear
I often use the name of 'the bear', as a nickname or pen name and it is a name that has followed me around a bit, I got it from an exercise which helps you discover your native totem, in the Western Way or Western Tradition.
"all
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The dreamers and the dreamed
One night I complained to a friend that since my marriage broke up i wasn't meeting the right kind of women to date. He said to me what kind do you really want?
He then remarked that a Native american group had said that
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