Even in the measured and measureable worlds of the histories, the wheels and web of interconnections among all living beings are more and more being revealed by the scientists of "ordinary reality" - the everyday world of here and now which looks more and more non-ordinary, built of dark matter halos and shimmery quantum fluctuations. The more we know, the more mystery there is and is. The universal original shamans, and then the gnostic philosophers, and then the alchemists, had bone-deep...

We celebrate as many holiday seasons as possible in our circle of companions! Hanukkah is 8 long, dark yet light days where it seemed as if the laws of nature and the cosmos were suspended so that "not enough" was plenty - which can be another way of reminding self of INFINITY: living here and now admidst infinite possiblility and unlimited power. For me, in alignment with the main theme of Hanukkah, this is a time of rededicating myself ( as a living temple-in-progress) to what I am, and ...