Reason is the meeting point of Eastern and Western thought, philosophy and wisdom. That’s why their best ideas resemble each other, and the worst remain cryptic to the uninitiated. The best wisdom from Buddha, Krishna, Lao-Tzu, and Jesus shows commonalities because it is all based on rationality. What makes Taoism a distinct philosophy, different from…

Unfortunately, Taoist practitioners are not fully up to speed in all areas. If Taoism was a perfect philosophy, it would have spread and conquered the world a long time ago, but that is not the case. Twenty-seven centuries after Lao-Tzu wrote or dictated the Tao Te Ching, Taoism remains a minority point of view. If…

Paganism is making a comeback in our century. I see the signs all over the place. There is growing interest in the rituals and beliefs of Ancient Rome and Greece, as well as in those of northern Paganism, whether it’s the Vikings or the Celtic tribes. I must however reject any conflation between Paganism and…

I would love to believe that, when the circumstances call for creative solutions, those will appear; and that, when the issues grow threatening, countermeasures will be developed; and that every problem will be followed by repeated attempts at sorting it out, until one eventually succeeds. Unfortunately, this is not always the case in history. It…