I’ve been spending the weekend at a conference on spontaneous orders, also known as complex adaptive, emergent, or self-organizing systems. In the human world what those terms, and some equivalent ones, point to is how certain kinds of order can arise even though no one is in charge, and as a result the chances for anyone picked at random from within that order to successfully achieve his or her plans is enhanced. There are many
Read more →I have been working on a book on the 60s and the culture war. As part of my research, I looked at Biblical criticisms of abortion – not a major theme of the book by any means, but I am touching on it. The anti-abortion movement has been a critical part of the culture warriors’ attack on women and the feminine. What I found amazed me. I want to pass it on to any Pagans
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