Chapter Zero ................. Introduction
Chapter One .................. Love is in the air
Chapter Two ................. The Power of Positive Thinking
Chapter Three ............... A Modest Proposal
Chapter Four ................. Reason without Proof
Chapter Five ................. The Dark Side of Miss Manners
Chapter Six ................... Mother, may I?
Chapter Seven ............... I stink. I really stink. (*)
Chapter Eight ................ Put Down the Manifesto and Step Away
Chapter Nine ................. The anatomy of a hustle
Chapter Ten .................. Irene gets feisty

Note: this copyrighted material comes from volume one (finished) and volume two (unfinished) of "Constructing God : The Search for the through Folklore" by Antistoicus. See attached notice.

More material is due to go up.

Chapters One through Four are a philosophical response to the Lassez Faire attitudes described. Chapters Five through Ten are a discussion of concepts of Civility and the role of some of those concepts in subverting the process of discussion, and in the frequent manipulation of the participants. That second discussion is almost complete. A topic coming up, will be conceptions of the afterlife, and the notion of Spiritual Humanism. Some may find that this second section drags. But it is necessary, especially in a tradition that emphasizes the concept of an evolutionary progress toward a relation with Divinity, for us to discuss how to create an environment in which the clarity of thought needed for such progress to occur, will be promoted.

Without social criticism, there can be no progress. In fact, as there will always be someone with a new, unwholesome agenda, merely avoiding regression would be more than we could hope for. Regression that will impact on far more of one's life, than the 15 minutes or so it will take to read and think about an argument about what might cause it, and how it might be prevented.

Think of this sort of discussion as an investment in one's future, not of money, but of time and passion. Click here to return to the top of this page. This page is part of the Almond Jar, the homepage of the Shrine of the Sleeping Gods.

(*) (or some other applicable word)