Author: Andrew Taggart

• February 4, 2020

  Jennifer Lopez And Secular Spirituality

  This is a continuation of an earlier post on secular spirituality. That first one was called “Secular Spirituality is, in the End, Spiritual Materialism.” The second “Secular Spirituality, Cont’d: Soft Porn As Spiritual Quest.” * Jennifer Lopez performed at the Halftime Show of the Super Bowl on Sunday. Since then, much has been made of her fit, seductive,…
• February 3, 2020

  Guided Meditation #1: Energy, Then Self-inquiry

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• January 31, 2020

  What Remembrances of Kobe Miss: Aristotle

  Many Americans are currently mourning the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, a basketball legend and 18-time NBA all-star. He was 41-years-old and less than four years into his retirement. At this point, we know that the commercial helicopter was flown by an expert pilot, someone with whom Bryant had flown numerous times before, and we…
• January 30, 2020

  Secular Spirituality, Cont’d: Soft Porn As Spiritual Quest

  This is a continuation of an earlier post on secular spirituality. That first one was called “Secular Spirituality is, in the End, Spiritual Materialism.” * Something perverse has happened. Where once the boundaries between soft porn and self-care were rigid, now they’re very porous indeed. (*) And then some. Let me explain. Consider the kinds of…
• January 28, 2020

  The Spell of Total Work: A Fairytale

  View at Medium.com Casting A Spell Once upon a time, there lived a mischievous magician in a realm just above that of upright, ambulatory, hairless creatures who’d taken to calling themselves homo sapiens. One day the magician, slapping his knee, said to himself, “Well, let me see how wise these top-heavy creatures really are!” “But how?”…