Culture and Horticulture: An Historical Sketch

Agriculture started about ten thousand years ago. That's a long time for
observations to accumulate and techniques to develop. It might be claimed that a
healthy agriculture is the basis of a healthy culture and healthy
culture implies a healthy agriculture.

The Meaning of Sacred Geometry part 2. What’s The Point?

FreeMasonry, Kabbalah, Nuclear Physics, Blackholes, Space Time and the Mustard seed of our reality deftly analyzed and synthesized for your consideration.

"The
practice of Sacred Geometry opens to the mind’s eye an analog of
alternate worlds, higher dimensions representing the ultimate creative
process and an unfolding evolution from Unity to multiplicity, and it
demonstrates the fact that this unfolding on a cosmic scale is governed
by the laws and relations of geometry."
-Randall Carlson

The Meaning of Sacred Geometry part 2. What's The Point?

Read part 1 of the Meaning of Sacred Geometry here,

“Ante omnia Punctum exstitit…”
“Before all things were, there was a Point.”
Anonymous, 18th century ‘Le Mystere de la Croix’

Sacred Geometry,
to be fully appreciated and experienced, must be undertaken as a
contemplative, or meditative exercise.  From the initial act of putting
pencil or compass point to paper each act of geometry is charged with
meaning.  The process of producing the forms, patterns and symbols of
Sacred Geometry should be undertaken as a ritual act, where each line,
curve, shape, gesture or operation takes on a significance far beyond
the mere act itself, and reveals fundamental processes of creativity on a
vast scale and range of phenomenon, from the geometry of atomic and
molecular organization, through the forms and patterns of biological
systems, to the scale of the cosmos itself and the very structure of
Space and Time.  Indeed, the emergence of the Universe from the
unknowable and unfathomable void, before the very existence of Time and
Space, was an act of Geometry.  It is nothing less than this ultimate
act of Creation which is replicated through the placing of pencil upon
paper and from this point the drawing of a line or arc.  From these
simple operations, the Geometrician soon learns to generate an infinite
variety of form and pattern, and is, thereby, following in the footsteps
of Nature herself, such being the indispensable requirement for success
on the Hermetic path.

To ancient masters and teachers geometry
was seen as the definitive Holy Science from which emerged all other
sciences.  Masonic author Carl Lundy affirms this status when he says:

“All
science rests upon mathematics, and mathematics is first and last,
geometry… Geometry is the ultimate fact we have won out of a puzzling
universe.”  

The presumed requirement on the part of
Plato, the acknowledged greatest Metaphysician of the Hellenic world,
that anyone seeking admission to his academy must be conversant with the
principles of Geometry, affirms the importance of this form of mental
training to anyone desiring to tread the path to Metaphysical Knowledge.

Look Back At the Way We Came: A Talk With Joseph Marshall

My grandfather told me about Wounded Knee and then
he ended it by singing an honoring song for all of the people who died there. When you see how that kind of event affects people, you
feel pity and empathy, then you become angry. But anger is not a constructive
force. It's best to teach with
positive emotion. Balance is important.

Ancient Cosmology: A Map of the Future?

There is a grand cycle to life that affects us all. Having lost this knowledge,
we have lost an understanding of our place in cosmic history.
Like an individual with amnesia, we harbor a deep angst about the future. But
when we remember our rich and beautiful history, we rediscover our incredible
potential and begin to see and act with clarity.

The Onset of Catabolic Collapse

Complex societies cycle back and forth between
building up, or anabolism, and breaking down, or catabolism. It's possible at this point to provide a fairly exact date
for the onset of catabolic collapse in the United States of America.

Entangled: Chapter Four

Still, surely she must summon help? While there was even the faintest
hope, surely she couldn’t just let her meat body expire? Could she? And
what would happen to her aerial body if she did? Perhaps she would just
go pop! and disappear?–From the novel, Entangled.

Entangled: Chapter Three

She found herself feeling sorry for the Uglies, and realizing again that they couldn’t possibly just be dumb mindless animals. They walk on two legs, just like we do. They have hands with five fingers, feet with five toes. They have ears like ours, eyes like ours. Just like ours. — From the novel, Entagled.

The World After Abundance

In a contracting economy, it becomes easier to notice that the less
you need, the less vulnerable you are, and the
more you can get done of whatever it is that you want to do. Not many people learn this lesson during times of material
abundance, but in the world after
abundance, it's hard to think of a lesson that deserves more careful attention.

Truth or Fiction

For
centuries, even millennia, humans have believed that a conflict exists in the
human mind — a conflict between
good and evil. But this isn't true. Good and evil are just the result of the
conflict, because the real conflict is between the truth and lies. 

Up Against the Gangster World: Red Noir at The Living Theatre

If you are in the New York area at any time before February 28, do not miss the opportunity to participate in this transformational theatrical experience. Go there, play with the players, and be sure to say hello to Judith Malina. You won't meet a more venerable and magical visionary of the theater.