Fencing Bear at Prayer

"Just as the Nazi attack on Christianity was part of a larger war on the idea of universal truth, whole postmodern cosmologies have been created to prove that traditional religious morality is a scam, that there are no fixed truths or 'natural' categories, and that all knowledge is socially constructed.  Or as the line goes in The Da Vinci Code , 'So Dark, the Con of Man.' "The 'con' in question is, in effect, a conspiracy by the Catholic Church to deceive the world about Jesus' true nature and his marriage to Mary Magdalene.  The book has sold some sixty million copies worldwide.  The novel, and movie, have generated debates, documentaries, companion books, and the like.  But few have called attention to the ominous roots and parallels with Nazi thought. "Dan Brown should have dedicated his book to 'Madame' Helena Blavatsky, the theosophist guru who is widely considered the 'mother' of New Age spirituality as well as a to...

I am a witch. Not a doctor. Not a wizard. But a witch. The witch. I am the hare who runs into the fire. I am the one whose brown hair turns white before she is forty. I am the one who loves wisdom. I am the one who says what needs to be said because if I don't say it, no one else will. I am paid for my work in old clothes and more work. I may not have any natural talent for being a witch, but I am one anyway because I have chosen to be. I have journeyed far. I have trusted my fear. And my pride. I have come home. I walk with joy. I am surrounded by love. I have come home. Yesterday, I took a first step. Today, I took another first step. Tomorrow, I will take a third. I have my steading, and I will take responsibility for it knowing that much of the work will not be particularly glamorous but that, nevertheless, it is the work that must be done. When I am old, I shall wear midnight. Starting now. With thanks, once again, to Mr. Pratchett, for teaching me how to be myself .