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Author Archives: Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“The Denial of Death,” by Ernest Becker
How the fact of death powers the human drive to life
During our childhood, gradually through observation then perhaps all at once through our parents’ telling, we all come to learn that our life will not last forever. We become aware of death. Oftentimes, when we face death in our adult … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged 20th Century, Death, Denial of Death, Ernest Becker, Existentialism, Heroics, Kierkegaard, Life, Meaning, Psychology, Sigmund Freud
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I’ll never leave, always just a dream away, a star that’s always watching, never turn away, we’ll never leave, always just a thought away, a candle always burning, never turn away the moon will hide, the tree will bend I’m right beside you, I’ll never turn away
— Carly Simon, "Like a River"
What are Crystal Singing Bowls? An Interview with Candace Keach
Sounds of solace
Candace Keach is the artistic director of the Spiral Sound of Crystal Bowls, a performance group which creates a soothing auditory and visual immersion experience through the playing of symmetrically arranged, vibrating crystal bowls. Antal: Thanks for speaking with us, … Continue reading
“The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”
— Joan Borysenko
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Death, death and dying quotes, Joan Borysenko, Life, Life lessons, Spirituality
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The Return of Edgar Cayce, by C. Terry Cline, Jr. (2011)
A suspense novelist channels the words of a long dead psychic
Suspense novelist C. Terry Cline, Jr. has been an Edgar Cayce fan for some time. Since the sixties, more accurately. For those unfamiliar with Cayce, as this reviewer was until reading this book, the famed psychic, mystic and seer was … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged After Death, C. Terry Cline, Death, Edgar Cayce, Grieving, Jr., Mystics, Nirvana, Psychic, Tao, Wisdom
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Legendary Science Fiction Writer Ray Bradbury Dies at 91
Grief and celebrity tributes pour in from around the globe at the literary giant’s passing
In 1941, Ray Bradbury earned $15 for his first paid short story — a noiry little piece called “Pendulum,” co-authored with Henry Hasse, and published in the pulp magazine Super Science. By the age of 30 he had already begun … Continue reading
Posted in Just Passed
Tagged Celebrity Death, Fantasy, New York Times, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Writer
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