Karmic Knowledge

Stars fade like memory the instant before dawn. Low in the east, the sun appears golden as an opening eye. That which can be named must exist. That which is named can be written. That which is written is remembered. That which is remembered lives.
~Normandi Ellis
Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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I never thought I’d see the day when Al Franken and David Brooks were both talking up the same political candidate. Yet it happened. The day was October 19th.
A daily reader of the NY Times Op-ed pages, I often skip over or just skim David Brooks’ columns. But the title of his Thursday piece, “Run, […]

(Click chart for larger image.) Truthdig today published an in-depth analysis of Donald Rumsfeld and his doctrine for handling the Iraq War. Author Stan Goff, a 26 year veteran of the Army Special Forces whose son has already served four tours of duty in Iraq, tells of Rumsfeld’s reliance on military “metrics,” a reductionist strategy […]

One of my favorite blogs on astrology is Aquarius Papers. In a recent post titled “Autumn and Winter 2006-2007 —We Live In Times of Dynamic Change”, Robert Wilkinson writes:
I reminded a client today that ultimately we need to be preparing for things to come, since much that we take for granted today will not be […]

Sunday morning I had a phone reading scheduled with a client in Hawaii. When she called in, she told me that there had been an earthquake in the last hour and that she had just gotten her phone service back. Her power was still out but we kept our appointment and did her reading, only […]

Many thanks go out to the folks at Truthdig for posting this very clear picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il with his hand in the air. On Monday, North Korea announced the successful test of a nuclear bomb. While not a lot is known about the test at this time, it is a […]

For several weeks now I have been dealing with a service provider who does not seem to actually provide any service. The electronic device that supposedly allows me to use this service has turned out to be too complex even for the technical support team of the company that sent it to me.
My frustration with […]

Luckily for Condoleezza Rice, the recent report that Florida Republican Mark Foley has been making innapopropriate overtures towards underage congressional pages has temporarily removed her from the spotlight. Prior to the revelation of Foley’s misconduct, the latest in a string of GOP scandals, Rice had been spending a lot of time on the defensive.
It […]