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Sunday, November 1
Why do people join cults?
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Sun 01 Nov 2009 04:08 PM EST
Satisfyingly, there have been a number of online reviews now of Love Sex Fear Death. While most are at ... more »
Friday, October 16
They was us
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 16 Oct 2009 10:59 AM EDT
Yesterday’s post about promoting Love Sex Fear Death observed that, "Had The Process and its successor groups, The Foundation Faith ... more »
Tuesday, October 6
Boats, currents, ritual
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Tue 06 Oct 2009 10:12 PM EDT
You can’t go back, they always tell me. But then there’s F. Scott Fitzgerald, with his oh-so-quoted line about “boats ... more »
Saturday, August 22
Love Sex Fear Death
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Sat 22 Aug 2009 09:56 PM EDT
My reviewing the book Love Sex Fear Death at http://www.feralhouse.com is inappropriate, since (a) the primary author, Timothy Wyllie, is ... more »
Saturday, January 24
Children of The Process
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Sat 24 Jan 2009 08:52 PM EST
We ourselves are probably the most vital aspect of our children’s environment. We are their most immediate examples of adulthood ... more »
Monday, November 3
Murmurings of a Dark Angel
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 03 Nov 2008 09:46 PM EST
One of the teachings of The Process for which it was roundly lambasted in its day was that each of ... more »
Friday, September 5
Iran: still the same mess
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 05 Sep 2008 04:34 PM EDT
In an interview with Omid Memarian at www.roozonline.com, Iranian economist Saeed Leilaz cites recent data released by the Iran’s ... more »
Wednesday, August 20
Heeding Father Jacobus
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Wed 20 Aug 2008 09:29 PM EDT
“To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. It is a very serious ... more »
Saturday, July 26
Article of faith
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Sat 26 Jul 2008 09:32 PM EDT
Over the past couple of days, I’ve read interviews or book reviews concerning two Jewish writers: Holland’s Leon De Winter ... more »
Tuesday, July 8
Doubtful investment
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Tue 08 Jul 2008 09:43 PM EDT
Anonymous, that prolific begetter of worlds (or at least, of online comments), suggested in a comment: “Skepth - talk to ... more »
Saturday, June 14
The Process and Jung
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Sat 14 Jun 2008 09:18 PM EDT
The first book by or about Carl Jung that I ever read was the illustrated Man and his Symbols. ... more »
Friday, April 25
Repeat as necessary
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 25 Apr 2008 10:00 PM EDT
I stated a couple of days ago that I was agnostic on the topic of reincarnation. That is, over the ... more »
Monday, January 28
Anonymous attacks
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 28 Jan 2008 04:25 PM EST
Back when The Process was in full swing, in the early 1970s, it was a frequent target for Scientologists. We ... more »
Tuesday, August 14
Arrivederci Xtul?
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Tue 14 Aug 2007 09:07 PM EDT
Checking the Wikipedia entry on Xtul this week, I noticed the following note on a link:
The article about Xtul, ... more » Friday, January 12
The tortilla deficit
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 12 Jan 2007 10:06 PM EST
Some of you may have noticed the demonstrations in Mexico this week over the price of tortillas. The Mexican equivalent ... more »
Monday, January 8
Xtul Dialogue VI
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 08 Jan 2007 09:05 PM EST
Xtul Dialogue VI continues on from Dialogue V, covering themes that seem to relate to The Process’ impending re-engagement with ... more »
Friday, January 5
Xtul Dialogue V
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 05 Jan 2007 10:26 PM EST
In posting the previous Dialogue from Xtul, I speculated that Robert De Grimston was questioning his wife, Mary-Ann, the Oracle ... more »
Thursday, January 4
A dialogue from Xtul
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Thu 04 Jan 2007 09:33 PM EST
The place called Xtul, or sometimes Punta Xtul, is near Sisal on the coast of Yucatan. As the Processean ‘holy ... more »
Wednesday, January 3
Identity and grace
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Wed 03 Jan 2007 09:31 PM EST
Yesterday’s post touched on a topic I’ve avoided - how much the Skeptical Theurgist and my personal self are/aren’t the ... more »
Wednesday, July 5
Charlie's horse
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Wed 05 Jul 2006 02:28 PM EDT
Despite the Processean connection - or maybe because of it - I've never paid much attention to the Charles Manson ... more »
Monday, April 17
Holger's nightmare
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 17 Apr 2006 04:16 PM EDT
The Process often said it was a mirror in which people saw themselves. That, it claimed, was a function of ... more »
Thursday, March 16
A Space In Time I Saw
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Thu 16 Mar 2006 02:11 PM EST
I've often criticised The Process for being too psychologically oriented, and lacking in true spirituality. There were, though, aspects of ... more »
Friday, February 17
Patterned by Gods
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 17 Feb 2006 05:52 PM EST
The Process had one GOD (always capitalised) but four Gods. Jehovah, who always had a kind of practical primacy, was ... more »
Monday, January 30
The Process' Satan
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 30 Jan 2006 09:13 AM EST
Satan, The Process taught, was the receiver of transcendent souls and
corrupted bodies. He represented the extremes: the desire to ... more »
Wednesday, November 30
Obituary - Mary-Ann
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Wed 30 Nov 2005 04:05 PM EST
Mary-Ann De Peyer died on November 14, 2005. She had reportedly been in a comatose state for two years prior ... more »
Friday, September 23
Cultic retrospection
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Fri 23 Sep 2005 04:48 PM EDT
We don't hear about cults the way we did when I was a young lad. Or an old lad, for ... more »
Monday, August 22
Best Friends and The Process
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 22 Aug 2005 09:49 AM EDT
In March 2004, the Rocky Mountain News outed the people running Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, as The ... more »
Monday, June 27
Moon unseen
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 27 Jun 2005 02:56 PM EDT
Thou moon unseen of men! Thou huntress dread! more »
Thursday, June 23
Mary-Ann's picture
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Thu 23 Jun 2005 07:20 PM EDT
In the early spring of 1971, The Process held a celebration because it was finally out of debt. When it ... more »
Monday, May 30
Hidden connections
by
skepticaltheurgist
on Mon 30 May 2005 09:40 AM EDT
One day in Toronto, back in 1972, six or eight Processeans went out onto the streets for 'donating' - selling ... more »
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