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Ahimsa (Non-violence). Douglas Milburn on how to avoid a bloodbath in the 21st century.
Ancient Paradox Mocks Docs. Ceci Lumley. Translation problems in the Tao Te Ching.
The Angels' Dictionary. Fools rush in where you-know-what's fear to tread.
Apocalypse Whenever. Rean Rhyne waxes poetic about how near the end is and what that means.
ARMAGEDDON: RU Ready??? The official Magellan's Log checklist for those who want to be prepared.
Bangkok 8. Sylvia Sikeston reviews John Burdett's remarkable new novel.
BAPTOW. Psyhic Mme Petrofina-Blavatsky on the true hidden source of the church-sex headlines.
Behold and See! Thirteen drawings from the "comically illustrated" Bible of 19th-century freethinker Watson Heston.
Blue Red. Three wee sentences to help with today's synamptic re-wiring. You're welcome.
A Brief Visit to Death Valley. Cultural one-liner cum photo.
The Buddha at Kamakura. John La Farge's old watercolor, with midi.
Buddhist's Lament. Pedro Bofecillos.
Canon Fodder. Poetry by Izora Firelands.
Cardiac Purity. Chardo Blue Plains reminds us the purple sage may also dwell in cities.
Churchgoers' Delight: Rate Your Religion. 20 questions to see how YOUR church shapes up.
Comfort Me with Epigrams: The World According to Peter De Vries. Temple Duciel.
Confusing Entanglements. Words from the Hsin Hsin Ming (with midi).
Crouching Buddha, Hidden Dharma. Chardo Blue Plains on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Cui bono? Applying the mechanics of genre fiction to, well, religion.
D.A.D.D. Divine Attention Deficit Disorder.
Dasein feiern! Graphic with midi (2:59).
Demonocracy. Jack Xamis, Ph.D. A new word for the disease eating at the heart of America.
Discriminating Mind. A harmless little sentence, and some harmless little music.
Dolce far niente. Ceci Lumley. Exploring the far horizon beyond science and technology.
Dominion: A Screed. Itinerant mystic Chardo Blue Plains on which way's up.
Easter Surprise. An infinitely repeating little slideshow with midi.
Edges of Divinity: Is God a Necrophile? Reppy Duart, D.D. Multimedia theater piece.
Eleven Little Words. A coupla short sentences from a really old Chinese guy.***
Fear and the Rise of American Fascism. Harriet Lobdell on the danger of the accelerating rate of change.
The First Rule of Religion. Harriet Lobdell on hypocritical piety, or pious hypocrisy.
F O G. Verbal paradox + a Japanese Buddha + Schubert = ?
Folie à deux milliarde. Reppy Duart, D.D., critiques a Cardinal on 9-11.
Fraught: Faux Sonnet on the Analogies of Human Emergences. Chardo Blue Plains. More metaphysical blather from our itinerent mystic.
Genesis Revisited. Pudge Dimmitt offers and alternate reading of the first chapter.
The Great Hunger. The latest update from Chardo Blue Plains, staff mystic.
Gregorian Chant. Midi sequences by Richard Lee.
The Healing of America. US and wilderness.
Les Heures du Mal. A book of hours for eras in distress.
Hippie Glop? Just what the world needs: another printing of old 1960s optimism.
Home, Sweet Home. Harriet Lobdell's words of wisdom re religion, politics, science, etc.
How Capitalistic Is Your Religion? Doc Cuddy. A handy little satirical quiz.
How Far from Paradise? Ceci Lumley. Find out your present location re Heaven.
How Soon? Staff prophet Cassandra foresees major doom and gloom, but with a distant tiny light at the end of a long tunnel.
Hsin Hsin Ming: Two Translations. The Clarke and Suzuki translations, side by side.
The Hustling Vanities of Sentient Dust. Elisabeth Ney.
Human History in One Easy Lesson. Joey Ancaster explains it all--or at least most of it--in 10 cartoon panels.
Humans R Us. Chardo Blue Plains at his beatitudinous best.
Is It at Least Remotely Possible That America Takes Organized Religion Just a Tad Too Seriously?
Is Masturbation a Crime Against God? The first draft of a Christian advice-giver's thoughts on self-abuse.
Koi Paraga? An old question with some new images and one pretty insistent midi (2:26).
Koi Paraga? Chardo Blue Plains has suggestions for your metaphysical travel plans.
A Little Thought Experiment for the Rich & Powerful. Chardo Blue Plains gigs 'em again.
The Magellan's Log All-time Feel-good Fun-o-matic Rapture Quiz.
The Magellan's Log Ego Altar.
The Magellan's Log Visual Argument for Unintelligent Design.
The Magellan's Log Universal Prayer. Just fill in the blanks to use with any religion.
Magnificat. Harriet Lobdell. The dangers of understanding Monteverdi's Latin.
Mark Twain's War Prayer (1904).
Meditator. 250k-animated GIF as 21st-century role model.
M.I.Q. Maurice Fitznuggly on the multiplicity of intelligences (yawn).
Mirror Image. Cheki Boggus on the problem with theists.
Miserere. A midi of Allegri's setting of Psalm 51, with slide show.
More Galaxies Than You Can Shake a Telescope At. Slideshow of Hubble Space Telescope photos, with midi (6:47).
My Invisibilities Are Bigger Than Your Invisibilities
My Myth vs. Yours. Let's make a deal...
Naughty But Nice. Musings on good and evil by Reppy Duart.
Nursery Tales. Saramae Anahuac has a question about the cultural sacred cow of your choice.
Old Time Religion. Hymns & pix.
On Being Ramona Holland: An Encounter with a Remarkable Voice. Angus Verspeeten.
On Disappearance. Reppy Duart tries to ponder the Really Big Question.
One Light. Douglas Traherne Harding's 300-year-old words.***
On Erring.
Only Connect. A little surrealism never hurt anybody. Slideshow with midi (3:12).
On the Invisible. Chardo Blue Plains.
The Ox-herding Pictures. A bit of Zen art to whittle away the hours.
Pacific Afternoon. Herbert Lehnert. Thoughts on a beach in Southern California.
PAX NOVUM. The peace symbol revised for the 21st century. Slideshow with midi (2:20).
Pentimento. Edward Hothi. Poetry.
Pneumatics 101. Reppy Duart, D.D., unleashes a lot of hot air. Only thing is, he's serious.
Practitioners. A few words to the wise concerning kultural kwiksand.
Prayer Redux. Religionists will be distraught. Others merely traught.
Qin: Jokes from the Chinese. Piongo Pisgah. Tasteless koans, parables, fables?
The Quiet Ecstasy of Piety. Douglas Milburn. A psychic explorer's surprise at home.
The Quiet Hour Revolution. Saramae Anahuac's modest proposal to grease some of the world's squeakier wheels.
The R.A.T. (Reincarnation Aptitude Test). R U Ready for your next life???
The Regretful Visitor. Chardo Blue Plains reports again from the empyrean.
Replacing Religion. Lines Written in a Stalled Rental Car at a BP Gas Station/ Convenience Store on the Marion- Mount Gilead Road in Marion, Ohio, While Waiting for Avis to Send a Replacement Vehicle (Which They Did with Admirable Alacrity), by Katherine Ozanic.
Reverse-engineering Militant Islam. Catherine Ozanic on the forgotten way of peace at the heart of Islam.
Rove v. Rave. Pedro Bofecillos takes out after the anti-fun people presently running America (and the world).
Rubaiyat Redux. Edward FitzGerald's effective, if highly ambiguous, antidote to the madness of whatever era you happen to find yourself in.
Rules of Human Cultural History. A photograph. Of a wall. With words.
Sagely Stats. Where've all the new Jesuses and Buddhas gone?
St. Basil Chapel. A photographic visit to Philip Johnson's small religious masterpiece.
Saltlick: Mind Food for Cyber-nomads. Douglas Milburn. Meditation, anew.
17 Koans for the 21st Century.
Ship of Fools. 1) The funniest, and 2) the most offensive religious jokes as voted by the readers of "The Magazine of Christian Unrest."
The Silent Minority. Phalba Gallatin on those who know but do not speak.
Smitings: A Divine Checklist. Ever wondered how the deity decides where (and whom) to strike next?
Spoor. Beginner's guide to walking through the forest. Or the desert. Or wherever.
Strata: A Theologico-metaphysical Thought Experiment for the Storm Warning. Itinerant mystic Chardo Blue Plains's latest weather report.
Stout of Brain and the Desperate of Heart.
Summing It Up. Chardo Blue Plains on what it all means, Alfie.
Tainted Words and the Problem of Religion. Pedro Bofecillos.
Taughtology. Katherine Ozanic. Nine words to live by.
10,000 Jesuses. Reppy Duart, D.D., on Jesus 1,000 years from now.
Test Your Faith. Jerden Purmort's quiz to see how you shape up as a citizen of the world's newest theocracy.
Texas Zen Hymnbook.
Thinkers Anonymous. Free membership card in our new organization for those who think too much (or at all).
Thought Unbound: Reality Addiction. Chardo Blue Plains.
Thunderclaps. Chardo Blue Plains. Timely tips on disappearing.
Timothy Leary--Warts and All. Astraeu Chakar is unhappy with the blindered reviews of the first biography of Leary.
The Tree Man (Revised). Douglas Milburn.
Tree Talks. Huang Xiao-Yi. Chinese nature poetry, and then some.
Tripping. Book review by Reppy Duart, D.D.
Truth. Well. Sort of. Maybe.
A Very Brief Essay on the Origin of Anthropomorphic Deities. Reppy Duart, D.D.
La Vida un Sueño. Pedro Bofecillos on taboos, dreams, frontiers, and the great silence.
Walkabout.
What Is Texas Mysticism Anyway? Doc Cuddy explains it all. Well, almost.
What They Didn't Teach You in Vacation Bible School.
Which Are the Bad Guys? Compare Islamic and Christian sermons.
Writ in Stone. Seven marmoreal tablets from a mythical city.
Zen Centerfold No. 3. Another visual teaser for the metaphysically horny. With midi (4:01).
Zen Centerfold No. 4. Another picture for horny metaphysicians. Slideshow with midi (2:30).
Zen Centerfold 65. Slideshow with midi (2:26).
Zen Centerfold 66. Slideshow with midi (2:59).
Zen Centerfold 72. Image with midi (1:58).
Zen Centerfold 96. Slideshow with midi (3:59).

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