Essays – Heretic Asylum

Not One, Not Two

The part is not the whole…but it also isn’t *not* the thing of which it is a part. As Alan Watts is so often quoted in pantheist circles as saying,… Read more.

Feb 20, 2022

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Essays, interbeing, non-duality, Pantheism, Perennialism, The Peasant and the King

It Takes One to Mango

I only needed one mango to get the experience of Mango, so I chose one. I don’t need to eat all 20 of them to know that they taste of… Read more.

Aug 26, 2018

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Avant-God, Essays, Metatheology, Pantheism, Perennialism

A Pantheist Takes On the Problem of Evil

I’ll be honest. Sometimes it really sucks to be a pantheist. Not when I’m in my own company, mind you, nor in that of most other people. In fact, the… Read more.

Jun 15, 2018

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Essays, non-duality, Pantheism

Do Pantheists Have Souls (or does Soul have them)?

We are the timeless essence of Existence, expressing itself in time as you and me, him and her, this and that, giving each its own unique perspective of the Whole.… Read more.

Apr 9, 2017

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Avant-God, Essays, non-duality, Pantheism, Progressive Christianity

An Apple Pie From Scratch: Demystifying Mysticism

I’m going to let you folks in on an important secret about mysticism. This is long overdue and crucial to the development of our species and both its religions and… Read more.

Dec 8, 2016

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Avant-God, Essays, Pantheism, Perennialism

All Is Mind: A Fresh Look at Spinozan Panpsychism

“So then, who are you? The organism is inseparable from its environment, so you are the organism-environment. You are no less than the whole universe. Each one of you is… Read more.

Sep 5, 2016

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Essays, Pantheism

Why Ricky Gervais is a Dangerous Fundamentalist

I have a long history of being annoyed by Ricky Gervais, going back way before I saw this meme — but only in his chosen context as a commentator on… Read more.

Jan 11, 2016

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Essays, Pantheism, Perennialism

Pantheism for Dittoheads

Oh, Rush. You’ve done it again. One could build a fairly comprehensive and accurate dictionary just by taking the definitions you give to words that you don’t understand, and writing… Read more.

Jul 5, 2015

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Essays, Pantheism

Pantheism and the Freedom of “Nothing Left to Lose”

It was suggested in a philosophy forum recently that pantheism might offer the only definition of God that is not disprovable. After all, the post reasoned, equating God with the… Read more.

Feb 16, 2015

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Avant-God, Essays, Pantheism

Inside the Whale

Imagine two people inside the belly of a giant whale. One was swimming in the ocean when the beast swallowed him while taking in krill. The other, by rather mysterious… Read more.

Dec 11, 2014

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Essays, Pantheism