Swimming and the sauna are two of the few non-sexual activities where nudity is openly accepted.

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Time marches on and the wheel of the year turns

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Talkback and trackback

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“Does the Church in our time foster the inner life? Rarely. Does the Church hold the keys to a new consciousness? Yes.”

— Theodore J. Nottingham, from “The Church and the Inner Life,” Gnosis № 25, Fall 1992

Tags: G. K. Chesterton & fairy tales & fear & evil & ugly & World & bogey & dragon & St George & darkness

“The accusation is enough to destroy. That's why I compared it to Witch Trials. There is no defense against the accusation. You're assumed guilty by the mob, tried, and executed. There's no recourse, no chance to challenge the accusers.”

— PaidinRubles

Tags: Nelson Mandela & courage & fear & triumph & conquer

“The so-called Dark Side is not wholly an evil or negative place or force; after all, some things remain in the shadows because we've placed them there out of fear and squeamishness.”

— Jay Kinney, "Standing in the Shadows," Gnosis № 14, Winter 1989-'90

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Me and that bird are going to have words

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Now there are a thousand and thirteen pat answers to that question, but that day it got me thinking.

Tags: D. H. Lawrence & Christian & fear & pagan & outlook

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than one's fear. The timid presume it is lack of fear that allows the brave to act when the timid do not. But to take action when one is not afraid is easy. To refrain when afraid is also easy. To take action regardless of fear is brave.”

— Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon from “No Peaceful Warriors!”, Gnosis № 21, Fall 1991

Tags: courage & judgement & fear & timid & brave & take action & morality & Ambrose Hollingworth Redmoon & Gnosis magazine & 1991 & fall