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2017-08-17T12:12:49-04:00

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Nazis Are Bad. Now What?

Last updated on: August 17, 2017 at 12:12 pm By Tom Swiss

While both are wrong, there is not a moral equivalence here between punching someone and running a car into a crowd of people. We can speak out against two different things without saying they're the same. There are a significant number of people on the left ready to fight fire with fire. Funny thing about that: every firefighter I've known used water. Read more

Ethics, Virtue, and Right Living

2017-08-14T20:25:40-04:00

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The Fire Circle: All Kinds Magic Worked Here

Last updated on: August 14, 2017 at 8:25 pm By Tom Swiss

The fire circle is an audience participation event. In fact, there is no audience. We're making magic together. If you need permission to participate, then by the power vested in me by whatever I can get you to believe has vested me with power -- by the power of Starwood putting me on the speaker's roster all these times, maybe -- I grant you that permission. Congratulations. You are now all magicians. Read more

Magic(k), Ritual, and Mysticism

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2017-08-14T13:41:23-04:00

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Knowledge, Victory, and Empathy

Last updated on: August 14, 2017 at 1:41 pm By Tom Swiss

You have to get into your opponent's head. So to be a good fighter, you actually have to have empathy. And that's interesting! Because if you have empathy, if you understand your opponent, then maybe you don't have to fight. Read more

Ethics, Virtue, and Right Living

2017-07-31T18:19:00-04:00

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Starwood 2017: An Unconventional Convention

Last updated on: July 31, 2017 at 6:19 pm By Tom Swiss

Starwood is a magickal adventure construction set. A variety of pieces are provided, but it's up to you to put them together as you please. Read more

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2017-07-27T14:08:35-04:00

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Doctor Who: Continuity and Gender Politics

Last updated on: July 27, 2017 at 2:08 pm By Tom Swiss

But we fans of long-running franchises also value internal consistency, a.k.a. continuity. Of course no long-running series gets it exactly right; why does the tombstone Gary Mitchell creates for his old friend James Kirk read "James R. Kirk" when we all know it's James T. Kirk? And what ever happened to Superman's "super ventriloquism" power? But internal consistency is vital for a SF universe that lets us suspend disbelief. Read more

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2017-08-03T11:05:22-04:00

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FSG: Music and The Morrigan

Last updated on: August 3, 2017 at 11:05 am By Tom Swiss

So the Morrigan, that Celtic goddess (or trinity of goddesses) of war and death (but also perhaps of fertility and sovereignty), had some things to say to me in this ritual. Read more

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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2017-06-17T17:24:21-04:00

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Remembering Ringo

Last updated on: June 17, 2017 at 5:24 pm By Tom Swiss

A heart that never cares is safe from grieving. But that's not what hearts are for. Read more

Because I Could Not Stop For Death

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2017-06-07T23:48:30-04:00

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Reason, Social Justice, and Dionysian Frenzy

Last updated on: June 7, 2017 at 11:48 pm By Tom Swiss

No disrespect to Dionysus, but social justice is not a job to which you send a god whose followers have a reputation for tearing people to shreds with their bare hands. Read more

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2017-05-23T00:27:01-04:00

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Kyoto: The Ancestors Are Watching (Photo, 52 Make-up Week 18)

Last updated on: May 23, 2017 at 12:27 am By Tom Swiss

Catching up with posting the pieces from the 52 Make-Up Challenge. This entry and the next are from my recent trip to Japan; for more on the background of this photo, taken in a cemetery in eastern Kyoto near sunset, see this post. (Click for a larger version.) I guess what’s interesting about the story behind this photo is that I had no intention of ending up there in a cemetery. I took a bit of a wrong turn while... Read more

2017-05-21T18:57:09-04:00

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Punctuated Equilibrium and Political Evolution

Last updated on: May 21, 2017 at 6:57 pm By Tom Swiss

My interlocutor demands that we pick the best dinosaur. But the asteroid has already hit, and the age of mammals is at hand. Read more

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