Walking away from Omelas
Have you read Ursula Le Guin's classic short story, The ones who walk away from Omelas?Omelas is a privileged city, almost a utopia, apart from the one thing that enables its citizens to lead full,...
View ArticleTerry Pratchett: an accidental Pagan theologian
As far as I know, he is the only writer to speculate on how deities come into being, first as particles of energy, then accumulating more energy from the minds of worshippers (in the book Small Gods)....
View ArticleMaking Meaning at the Movies
Has Hollywood Become Our National Conscience? Many 21st-century movies—both animated children’s films and big production feature films—have tackled moral and cultural questions in ways that have shaped...
View ArticleCity of Refuge, by Starhawk (Book Review)
CITY OF REFUGE is refreshingly humble. Although it portrays earth-based spirituality, permaculture, sacred sexuality, nonhierarchical decision-making, collective ownership, and other...
View ArticleImagining Other Possible Worlds
Science fiction, particularly the writings of Ursula le Guin, explores hypothetical alternative societies, cultures, futures, and histories. I am currently watching Babylon 5 again on DVD, and would...
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