For perhaps the first time, I received a message in a dream. A direct message in words, that is, not…
Category: Philosophy
Kingdom Without a King
First thing in the morning, I like to take a 3-block walk to the Grind Café and Gallery on Main…
Kitten Epistemology
Post-positivism. A theory of knowledge, underlying a research methodology. And I’ve been assigned to research it. So I slog through…
Phenomenology of God
Philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) provides the framework for this exploration. In studying his own consciousness, Husserl recognized that we experience…
From Tisha B'Av With Love
Tisha B’Av is the day of my mother’s Yahrzeit. On that day, she let go of her life with gentle, purposeful…
Mystical Epistemology for Academic Junkies
Depth psychology isn’t loosey-goosey unscientific. Well, maybe it is. But scientific thinking isn’t the be-all and end-all of good thinking.…
Who is God? Seeking a Middle Ground
God is real. A great conversation starter, isn’t it? These days, in public debate, it seems to be a great…
Kabbalah as Theology
“To my mind, Kabbalah is the theology of the Jewish People.” — Adin Steinsaltz, The Thirteen Petalled Rose At the…
Yesod: Foundational Energy
Week Six in the journey of self-examination we call “Sefirat Ha-Omer”: observing the “sefirot” (Divine energies) within us. Literally, the…