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

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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"
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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

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“The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.”

— Joan Borysenko
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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

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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

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