PinnedGreat people are just ordinary peopleEvery picture tells a story but there’s a story behind every picture and I guess this one’s a personal one. When I was a student I held a press card and it gave me access to a lot of privileged places. In 1988 I got a front row position at…Tutu2 min read
Jan 26Divine Sex“Sex is the divine in its most available epiphany.” Huston Smith The blindness of weak and fearful men “Rulers make bad lovers. You better put your kingdom up for sale.” Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac It is no secret that those faiths which suppress the female and place men higher than women are not the practice of any…Sex7 min read
Jan 22A Mathematical Theory for the Existence of Angels, and its Practical Application in the Modern WorldIn this theosophical discussion the author draws parallels between ‘theories of everything’ in physics, ideas of consciousness, the function of, and mechanism that angels may use to communicate. Finally we contemplate some of the modern day applications found in these ideas. Ezekiel’s vision “And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out…Spirituality13 min read
Jan 16The Practical Experience of Higher Dimensional States of Consciousness“Arjuna saw in that universal form unlimited mouths and unlimited eyes … there were many scents smeared over His body … hundreds of thousands of suns rose up at once into the sky … Arjuna could see in the universal form of the Lord the unlimited expansions of the universe…Meditation13 min read
Jan 12The Soul in Lichfield Cathedral, UK“Why not? After all, it belongs to him.” Charlie Chaplin, when the Rabbi, who was attending him on his deathbed, said ‘May the Lord have mercy on your soul’ The unfolding soul in Lichfield Cathedral “Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; In giving to all men that…Soul5 min read
Jan 12The Shape of the Heavens“No hell below us, above us only sky.” John Lennon In this article we explore the design of Lichfield Cathedral, in the UK, and how it may help us begin to understand what we mean when we talk of ‘the shape of heaven’, and how this affects the ‘needs of…Meditation7 min read
Jan 10Dreams and the Architecture of Lichfield Cathedral, UK“I sail with you on the ocean of my dreams, to a far away Place of great beauty and tranquility. Where suffering and pain do not exist, where we give praises for our joy and happiness, where our Love interwines with Love for all things.” Rumi (1207–1273) Lichfield Cathedral In this article…Dreams8 min read
Jan 8A Speculative Analysis of the Heavenly and Terrestrial Alignments of Lichfield Cathedral, England, UK“For the truth to be revealed, it must first be hidden.” Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983) Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire, England, is unique in being the only medieval English Cathedral with three spires. It is built halfway up a sandstone hill, with the church of St Mary’s at the lowest point…Cathedral16 min read
