Category Archives: spirituality

Code Name: Madeleine

Noor Inayat-Khan (January 1, 1914 – November 13, 1944) Here is a spy of a different kind. She features in Lars Muhl’s book as a Jeanne d’Arc character in a long line of Mary Magdalene women. Here’s the passage: ‘As … Continue reading →

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Scared of the Sacred? Male Confusion over Sexual Intercourse

Sacred Union It is the most difficult part of the spiritual path. Because of religious teaching in the West, we are told that sex is a bad thing, unless it exists in a marriage sanctified by the church. And even … Continue reading →

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Is This Why We Are Going Through a Pandemic?

XVI: The Tower Lars Muhl’s latest chapter (8) in the book that I’m reading (The O Manuscript) is in section II of the third part. The section is entitled Shekinah. Ooh, we’ve been here before, haven’t we? Just to see … Continue reading →

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Cathar Site? The Cave of Bethlehem

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Holy Toledo! Street Map as the Tree of Life

Kabbalah on the Ground The Seer continued: ‘He confirms your idea that the Kabbalah was the basic model for the original town. Unfortunately, it looks as if the town has undergone so many changes since then that it is impossible … Continue reading →

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Daddy Issues: The Prodigal Son Reunites with His Twin

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) “Yeah, baby.” I’m not a fan of Mike Myers’ infantile sense of humour. He thinks smutty jokes and sexual innuendo are hilarious, but sometimes they go too far. However, there is an underlying theme in … Continue reading →

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Sufi-scient Wisdom from the 20th Century

Hazrat Inayat Khan (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) Here’s a wisdom teacher I never heard of before. He was a Sufi master. He was wise. To discover the light and power latent within all human beings, that is … Continue reading →

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Upon This Rock

Matthew 16:18 There is a website that thinks it has solved the question of the Grail Stone. It is the equation known as phi. We have looked at this before, you and I, and we saw it as the building … Continue reading →

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“I Don’t Know: Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”

Cain and Abel (Genesis 4: 1-18) One was a farmer, the other a shepherd. They were, by legend, the first two children of Adam and Eve. And, also according to legend, the first murderer and his victim. And God played … Continue reading →

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The Siege That Still Echoes Through Time

Montségur This siege is not so well-known, at least not as well-known as Masada. But to “heretics” everywhere in the West, this one was very important. It was the starting point of us. Whatever lives modern Gnostics have returned as, … Continue reading →

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