Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In a repeated dream motif I am in a vehicle that is moving with traffic when I discover that I am not in the driver’s seat and that no one else is either. There is a feeling of unregulated momentum and panic as I try to get into the driver’s seat before an accident happens.…

Zap Oracle card # 614 A close friend of mine spoke to me about what he perceived as an inadequacy in himself. “When random people approach me I often find myself cringing inside and wanting to escape.” I told him that what he was experiencing made perfect sense to me, and did not sound like…

A close friend of mine spoke to me about what he perceived as an inadequacy in himself. “When random people approach me I often find myself cringing inside and wanting to escape.” I told him that what he was experiencing made perfect sense to me, and did not sound like an inadequacy. I believe that…

I Ching scholar Carol Anthony came up with the phrase “crescendo of awfulness situations” in her commentary on hexagram 26. We’ve all been through situations where relations with others spiral out of control, get worse and worse, and seem to have their own dark momentum. In various crescendo-of-awfulness situations we may be the prime instigator,…

I Ching scholar Carol Anthony came up with the phrase “crescendo of awfulness situations” in her commentary on hexagram 26. We’ve all been through situations where relations with others spiral out of control, get worse and worse, and seem to have their own dark momentum. In various crescendo-of-awfulness situations we may be the prime instigator,…

In terms of color there are two types of gemstones — idiochromatic and allochromatic. Because of their chemistry, idiochromatic gemstones like rodochrisite, peridot and malachite can only be one color. The most important gemstones, however, are allochromatic. They can be all colors because in a pure state they are clear and colorless and various impurities…

In terms of color there are two types of gemstones — idiochromatic and allochromatic. Because of their chemistry, idiochromatic gemstones like rodochrisite, peridot and malachite can only be one color. The most important gemstones, however, are allochromatic. They can be all colors because in a pure state they are clear and colorless and various impurities…

In terms of color there are two types of gemstones — idiochromatic and allochromatic. Because of their chemistry, idiochromatic gemstones like rodochrisite, peridot and malachite can only be one color. The most important gemstones, however, are allochromatic. They can be all colors because in a pure state they are clear and colorless and various impurities…

We live in a world I call “the Babylon Matrix” where darkness is very loud, brassy and in your face. In his apocalyptic poem “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats writes of a time of ultimate darkness where: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” So much art, from…

We live in a world I call “the Babylon Matrix” where darkness is very loud, brassy and in your face. In his apocalyptic poem “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats writes of a time of ultimate darkness where: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” So much art, from…