belief

We are overconfident of human independence. Even modern psychological research suggest that it’s a half truth at best.  Then you could delve… Read More

I would like to start by first saying Semitic and Indian beliefs are actually closely connected. The Aryan mountain people had their own… Read More

A Grace message recorded on Reflection Island in Second Life. Join the group 'One World, Many Paths' to attend Vampirekiss… Read More

Most people keep frustration at a distance in their awareness. They just try to deny the feeling and function anyway.… Read More

Gypsy people do believe in possession, and they do believe that those possessed are under the influence of the Devil.… Read More

Let’s establish an understanding of what is superstition. What is superstition, friends? Superstitions can be folk beliefs, like throwing salt… Read More

Let’s take a superstition, omen reading. Even if there is nothing literally true about a perceived omen or synchronicity, the… Read More

Meta-beliefs are beliefs about the beliefs of others. We all engage in this sort of mind-reading as a means of… Read More

What is civility? Dealing with people and situations in a respectful manner. The act of connection. I've been thinking that… Read More

The world of the subjective hasn’t gone away. If empiricism was the genuine truth and full basis of knowledge, then… Read More

Fear is one of the basic instincts in humans and it often stops people from reaching their full potential. To… Read More

I must open (as is often the case) with a question. What governs your behaviour? Emotion. Ideas of myself? If… Read More

Another example then. Only the existence of human life is good. Can I draw any further inference from that? There… Read More

I need to start believing I'm a playboy millionaire with fancy gadgets. You can't just spontaneously believe whatever you might… Read More

So back to chaos magick... Instead of conforming to a traditional set of practices and symbols that are traditionally seen… Read More

It’s my experience that even away from organized religion, people still have very strong feelings about "belief." I think I… Read More

Does anyone have a strong belief that seems contradicted by life? Say, you believe in the law of attraction. Really… Read More

Magic or Shamanism is where we started.  There were no worries about who was in charge as we didn’t have… Read More