I Have A Body And I Have

First Of All, My Persuasion Is What Really Breeds Violence Is Political Differences. But Because Religion Serves As The Soul Of Community, It Gets Drawn Into The Fracas And Turns Up The Heat.

When There Are Miles To Go Before We Sleep, Altered Traits Are More Important Than Altered States.

The New Age Movement Looks Like A Mixed Bag. I See Much In It That Seems Good: It's Optimistic; It's Enthusiastic; It Has The Capacity For Belief. On The Debit Side, I Think One Needs To Distinguish Between Belief And Credulity. How Deep Does New Age Go? Has It Come To Terms With Radical Evil? More, I Am Not Sure How Much Social Conscience There Is In New Age Thinking.

Exclusively Oral Cultures Are Unencumbered By Dead Knowledge, Dead Facts. Libraries, On The Other Hand, Are Full Of Them.

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.