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The Edge of Grace

http://www.edgeofgrace.net

Personal blog of an acupuncturist, who once spent a year living primitively in the wilderness. Exploring diverse streams of spirituality, magic, holistic health, awareness of nature, and the Great Mystery in a world of sublime violence.

Added on: Mar 29th, 2005
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: edgeofgrace
Listed in: Personal Spirituality Medicine
Tags: health philosophy Spirituality Magic acupuncture primitivism

Recent Posts

The Way of Deception, Part 3: Hyperreality

Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 23:20 in living in the world, magic & spirituality

My body’s experience is that everything around me is filled with layers of meaning. But not all meaning is made equal. The type of meaning that resides in the natural world is honest and straightforward, even when deception is involved. The ki...
Rolling Thunder Wakes a Girl From a Coma

Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 13:20 in stories, magic & spirituality

I always thought this story was fascinating. From Doug Boyd’s Mystics, Magicians, and Medicine People: Tales of a Wanderer. Doug Boyd was also the author of the famous book, Rolling Thunder. Rolling Thunder often repeated, “We do so ma...
Steven Brust and Neil Gaiman on Classifying Books

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 22:41 in myth, the lighter side

I’m trying to research more fantasy novels to read. Fantasy novels are my way of unwinding. But a good book can be hard to find. Found this system of classification on the blog of fantasy author Steven Brust: I spent a delightful morning han...
The Way of Deception, Part 2: All Things Deceive

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 17:12 in living in the world, magic & spirituality, power & violence

My experience is that the world is filled with hidden mysteries, which in and of themselves are neutral. My experience is also that the world is filled with forces that threaten to take my life or life-energy. These things combine to form a world tha...
The Way of Deception, Part 1

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 17:24 in living in the world, magic & spirituality, power & violence

Satan is considered the Great Deceiver. The Demiurge of the Gnostics, ruler of this plane of existence, likewise is said to have fooled people into thinking that he is God. The concept of Maya, in Buddhist and Hindu philosophy, holds that the world i...
My Career in Public Speaking

Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 01:10 in stories, the lighter side

I just gave a talk, an introduction to acupuncture and Chinese medicine. It went over pretty well, although I went so far in the direction of trying not to look like I was marketing my business that I neglected to actually market my business much! ...