Chalk this post up to Saturday being Yom Kippur. Or to my having spent last Saturday evening at a Sufi-style zikr (religious dance) at a local Friends' meeting house. Or to a certain nervousness over the future of the latest Gaza ceasefire. For whatever reason, I was moved to pull down from my … [Read more...]
An Initiatory Journey – Jeffrey Kripal’s “Comparing Religions” (Part 2)
(Continued from last week's post). This will be my last blog post for three weeks. I'm taking a short break to work on a rewrite of my novel The Color of Electrum. I'll be back on May 15, with the first of a two-part post on the precognitive dream reported by Mark Twain--one of the many … [Read more...]
Talmud and Taekwondo
On most Saturday afternoons, I get together with a group of friends to study Talmud—the ancient, massive, intricate text that explores the nuances and implications of what orthodox Jews regard as divine law. Sunday mornings I go to church. The combination isn’t as eccentric as it seems. I’m a … [Read more...]
