OTHER STUFF

Anything that doesn’t fit anywhere else. A sort of rag and bone shop. A miscellany of adjuncts and disjuncts. Who knows what you might find here if you rummage!

Howling at the Moon

Do wolves really howl at the full moon? And what about this business of werewolves? A question comes from a reader in Japan

April 16, 2022 No Comments

Introduction to Calendars

Why does the date of Easter change? Why does the date of Chinese New Year change? What about the date of Ramadan? Why

February 29, 2020 No Comments

Shouldn’t we just turn back? – A Shamanic Story

I am apparently some sort of shaman in this ancient land’s endscape. I can converse with fire, wind, and yes, the moon. But I cannot

February 12, 2020 No Comments

person standing in light at the end of a tunnel. Near death experience

Can Astrology predict death?

According to Ludwig Wittgenstein, “Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death.” So, does that mean that

January 21, 2020 No Comments

Collage of ways of divination including astrolgy, cards, palmistry

Once upon a time… The Metaphysics of Divination

Once upon a time there was a powerful king who wanted to know when he would die. So, he called his fortune teller to him

January 21, 2020 No Comments

The Story of the Four Elements

The story of the four elements: fire, earth, air and water, goes back to Ancient Greece where philosophers were speculating about the nature of

December 29, 2019 No Comments

Chinese five element theory – an introduction

While the four elements of Western astrology began as a way of describing the building blocks of the world, the five elements (wuxing) of Chinese

December 26, 2019 No Comments

Astrology and the four elements

Four elements, from earth, through water and air to fire. From the densest and most solid to the lightest and most subtle. We explore the

December 26, 2019 No Comments

Confucius says Hi!

The text is a much-quoted summing-up of Confucius’ developmental milestones that track his life from his teens to his seventies. It comes from

December 26, 2019 No Comments

Monkey mother / Cat mother

I wrote this piece for the Chinese year of the Monkey. But I feel it’s got wider relevance and that’s why I’m posting it here.

August 10, 2019 No Comments

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