integrating 4 and 3…

Hi All, In a recent post here Layman used the term mid-point. This term has special significance for me; perhaps for others as well, but this will require some explanation.   When I was introduced to Integral Theory I was very much taken with the ease with which the four quadrants... Read More

au fond du temple saint...

Hi All,   Lately I've been dealing with a rough spot in my psyche; it interferes with my sleep. It's something that I'm interested in transcending as it raises my blood pressure, and I could use the rest denied me through insomnia.   Evidently some part of me longs for the... Read More

greeting the season…

Happy Friday All,   Here in the northern hemisphere, where the great majority of humans live, Spring approaches. It's a time when all things come new. Even the tropical zodiac experiences a rebirth, as the vernal equinox is its fiduciary or starting point -at least to the extent... Read More

a story prompted by the T-shirt thread…

Hi All,   I am not a Christian but I do have a favorite pope. He was known as John Paul the first. If you're not familiar with this person here's a refresher; his time in office was very short only 33 days.   My sense of the man is that he was a very modest person, by evidence... Read More

On calendars and other matters

Hi All,   Layman was posting about Nietzsche, wearing a copy of his book to a frazzle, in part I trust on his way to grokking its contents and intent.   It reminded me of Confucius, who was said to have worn-out three copies of the ancient canon of changes. In our time this... Read More

Yikes! more on typing…

Hi All,   Looking At and Looking As, can be seen as yet another form of typing. The Ancient Craft, as I like to call it, has an analogous two-sided coin of perspective. It's called the rising sign or ascendant. It’s often thought of as a sort of lens through which we see the... Read More

Typing via the ‘mother’ of all cycles...

 ... Hi All,   Seeing into the relation between cyclic activity and typing begins with understanding something basic about cycles. The ‘mother’ I'm referring to here is usually called the lunation cycle. It's the result of the dance of planetary motion that goes on... Read More

some introductory remarks on typing…

Happy Friday All,   There have been some recent postings about typing, including my own that made claims about a sophisticated system that employs a variety of types and subtypes. This prompted me to give some thought to giving introductory public demonstration supportive of those... Read More