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Halloween Today

Halloween, today, is one of the oldest spiritual festivals, deserving to be remembered. Its origins go back to the Celtic festival of Samhain (summer’s end), but there are links also to the festival of the dead known as Parentalia and also Hallowtide when the saints are honoured and the spirits of the dead are prayed […]
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The Mayan Calendar: The End of an Era Today

The Mayan Calendar completes itself today, marking the end of an era of great longevity. Today, symbolically, is hugely significant. From today we enter the realms of the unknown: the Mayans were not saying the world will end but indicating instead that we are entering a new era that will be totally different from anything […]
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The Principle of Compassion

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of the dilemma over the ant-capitalist protest at St Paul’s Cathedral. As it continues, there is a belief today that that the Canon Chancellor will resign over disagreements with the cathedral authorities as to how to deal with the protestors camping outside and so preventing the normal […]
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The Principle of Democracy

The principle of democracy is interlinked with that of sovereignty, and freedom is key to both. All are under challenge. Western nations, western leaders, pride themselves on having a political system of government by the people through elected representatives whereby each country has the freedom to determine its own way of being. The importance of […]
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The Energy of the New Moon, Tomorrow

As the new moon, tomorrow, approaches, the energy which is its hallmark can be felt already. And it is remarkable – decisive, powerful, transformative, unequivocal. The winds and rain which lash Britain and Ireland are a symptom, as are the floods in Asia and the sad earthquake in Turkey, the climaxing brouhaha over the Eurozone […]
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The Oldest Stars

The oldest stars known to man featured prominently at my workshop on 2012 yesterday. Many of the names of the stars will be unfamiliar to any but a gifted astronomer, but their special qualities, each unique and with a particular purpose to do with 2012, emerged strongly as a group of amazing people worked with […]
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A Spirit of Thankfulness

The latest large-scale lottery winners in the UK have shown themselves to be blessed with an admirable spirit of thankfulness. As, overnight, they contemplated a windfall of £101m, their first decision was to identify the twenty people who more than anyone had given them a significant helping hand in their journey through life. To each […]
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Climate Change, Oil and the Armed Forces

A new report on climate change predicts the rising cost of oil may make it too costly for the armed forces to operate. Ahead of the annual UN climate conference, experts are reiterating their belief that planetary changes will impact the availability of food and water in poorer countries, health, the provision of foreign goods […]
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Energy Solutions?

The solutions proposed in the UK today over the problem of the escalating cost of energy is to encourage consumers to check for the best deals and to insulate their homes. This is common sense, but the benefits for struggling bill-payers will be limited, and they may be disappointed that no substantial help by government […]
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Protest by the People

People have protested here and there for thousands of years, but a new universal movement is under way which is likely to change the world forever. The demands for democracy, freedom and fairness in the middle East and North Africa in recent months have, in a different but related way, spread to the US and […]
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