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The Gods Are A Hammer

What good is it for me to tell you of Shiva or Krishna, Durga or Jesus or Thoth? If their Names are not sledgehammers upon you. Let the Names knock you about, bruise your flesh and make bone ash of your mind. Only then can the pictures and words fall off, fortresses...

Laboratories In Dust

The secret alchemy is without transformation. We search through laboratories and books and incense for the spell or machine that can at last give us peace. The potion or pill that will make us happy. The martyr or ruler who will make us free. Alchemy adds nothing. It...
The Road to Hell

The Road to Hell

I was recently given a rather pointed reminder of the bitter fact that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. This proverb has become such a cliche that we don’t often think about what it means; it gets thrown out to try and shut up those with whom we...