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Look Hard Enough, You Just Might See the Seeds of Light Amidst the Darkness Surrounding: Where There Is Hope and What Did You Expect Awakening to Look Like?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by sillymickel

Rebirthing Rituals, the Hard Rain Fallin’, and the Value of Popular Culture in Awakening: The Price of Peace Is Inner Sight … Better Hitler Had Jumped Into Mosh Pits Chapter Ten: Where There Is Hope, Cultural Rebirthing Societal Self-Analysis and … Continue reading →

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Always Are We Helping You — Ritual As Shadow Experience, Part Eight: “Don’t Despair. There Are Others Doing It With You, and We’re Here, Too”

Posted on June 29, 2013 by sillymickel

Sins of the Father and Cosmic Encouragement: What Real and Unritualized Spiritual Experience Looks Like — “But Always Are We Here Helping.” I wish now to provide another example of real, unritualized spiritual experience … this time from my own … Continue reading →

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A Drive to Healing, the Hard Rain Fallin’, and Millennial Promise: Better Hitler Had Jumped Into Mosh Pits. Rebirthing Rituals, Part 8

Posted on October 3, 2012 by sillymickel

A Drive to Healing and What Did You Expect Peace to Look Like? Rebirthing Rituals, Part 8: Better Hitler Had Jumped Into Mosh Pits A Drive to Healing We cannot expect that everyone will heal their birth traumas when they … Continue reading →