Commentary -- WNT Original

A Few Notes on Synchronicity | John Michael Greer

Sept. 2, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Back in July, when I realized there were five Wednesdays on that page of the calendar and I didn’t have anything lined up for the fifth, I asked my readers what they wanted to hear about. The resulting discussion saw quite a few possibilities bruited about, and so I decided to devote an upcoming post to each topic that: (a) was of interest to my readers, and (b) I ...

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The Secret of the Alchemists | John Michael Greer

Aug. 19, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Most of the figures we’ve discussed in our survey of America’s magical history came from very humble backgrounds, and there’s a reason for that. While social mobility ...

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On the Metaphysics of Sex | John Michael Greer

Aug. 5, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- Last month, when I realized there would be five Wednesdays and I didn’t have anything on the list for the fifth of those, I dusted off an old habit and asked my reader ...

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6 Easy Ways to Choose Gratitude | Mickey Z.

Image from stoneclinic.com Mickey Z. -- Now With Purpose July 26, 2020 “Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” Anne Frank I live in the boro ...

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Now Is the Time for 'Beginner’s Mind'| Mickey Z.

Kyoto Ryoan Ji. By Cquest - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5 Mickey Z. -- Now with Purpose July 16, 2020 “In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities. In the expert’s, there are few.” (Shunryu Suzuki) ...

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'Try!' | John Michael Greer

July 15, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- One of the things that makes the magical history of America so, well, magical is the number of astonishing individuals who have played a central role in it. Even amon ...

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The Power of the Mind | John Michael Greer

July 1, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- While Andrew Jackson Davis was attracting huge crowds with his discourses in trance, and the Fox sisters were listening to tapping noises, another important 19th-centu ...

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Meet BlackRock, the New Great Vampire Squid | Ellen Brown

June 22, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to tri ...

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A Prophet and a Loss | John Michael Greer

June 17, 2020 (EcoSophia.net) -- A word or two about history before we proceed. Two weeks ago, in response to my discussion of John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, I fielded the inevitable comment fro ...

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When Profits and Politics Drive Science: The Hazards of Rushing a Vaccine at 'Warp Speed' | Ellen Brown

Image source: stat.comJune 4, 2020 (Web of Debt) -- More than 100 companies are competing to be first in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine to market. It’s a race against time, not because the death ...

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Palestine Bleeds: Execution of Autistic Man is Not an Exception but the Norm | Ramzy Baroud

Dr Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 7, 2020 A 32-year-old man with the mental age of an 8-year-old child was executed by Israeli soldiers on May 30, while crouching behind his teache ...

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