an introduction It is an accurate name, for something not very nice. Trump happens because of him, for this outrageous genius – Karl Rove – changed the whole nature of modern politics. We need to know who to give credit to, for our current situation. We also need to know what he did and how …
Author Archives: Joel Wendt
end times dreaming
Notes on 2020 election in America … what is it about?The link below is to a recent opinion screed, in the New York Times, by Maureen Dowd. As expected (by many actually), the primary season of presidential politics finds the Democrats once again eating their young. Republicans need do no opposition research until late in …
the mother of all fears
The Mother of all Fears … is that the world might actually make sense. Tragedy&Comedy always does, but mostly in secret. The invisible world of spirit is ever-present. Yet, for all that still invisible. For each, there is an inner world of far greater dimensions, for soul&spirit are infinite in time and space. A physical …
Evil …
{for solutions/understanding to/of the pandemic-pandemonium:https://thecollectiveimagination.com/2020/04/19/she-has-the-whole-world-in-his-hands/ } Evil … ? The logic of “evil” is odd. Evil requires, for meaning at the conceptual level, Good. Each is married to the “other”. The next level of odd, has to do with the truth, which is that not only are Good&Evil married, that marriage is an embodied reflection …
I am a white-privileged, Christian, son of Montana, American citizen, shaman, and, professional heretic
My CV. My e-business card. and a link to some art. List of Blog posts, from the beginning …. over 400 and counting. If you are looking for a specific post, and remember some key words of the title, use the find function on you browser. You also could just seek out a noun or …
A Love Letter to the Friends of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy
A Love Letter to the Friends of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy … [first, a few words from our Sponsor=Love: From the Center there are four directions, North and South, and East and West. On the upper vertical (N) of this Cross is self-less human love, and on the lower vertical (S), erotic and sensual love. In …
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How do I know who I am?
How do I know who I am? Is that even a useful question? Clearly, to myself at least, I am. Obviously most folk have a similar experience, unless otherwise cursed or damaged. But What/Who? For a long time I struggled to see myself just as a human being. Upbringing leaves us with stacks of labels, …
eros, in a minor key
chanced upon a discussion of vasectomies, and other energy knots, which led me to write the below, … something from another direction … in Hermetic Science (Magic), the astral (or psychic) body is seen as an environment of smallish principalities, as we are the microcosm, and in some senses a “we” within our “selves”. “I …
disease vectors, and other confusions
Snow-cone brought to her grandfather a cup of Cage. He sipped it slowly. When he seemed at peace with himself, she asked her questions and worries about sickness and spirits. He did not immediately reply. Then he spoke, slowly …. In the long ago when before – that still is – the world is/was varied …
It is an Ill Wind that Blows no Good:
Does Trump have any virtues? Will history see something liberals are completely missing? Internationally Trump has been fairly busy wrecking what modern liberal thinking sees as a hard won set of agreements among Nation States, such as with NATO. How can we be effective in the world when we don’t keep our word? Folks need …
Fake Ancient Alien Theorist Foolishly Visits the Collective Imagination 