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The Big Japan Quake, Part 5 (One Month Later)

SilvanusLives 4-12-11

On the surface, things appear to have returned to normal in central Japan on the one-month anniversary of the Great Tohoku quake and tsunami.

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Should We Stay Or Should We Go? (Japan Quake, Part 4)

SilvanusLives 3-23-11

“Still here?” a passing voice asked me at a local supermarket over the weekend.
“Yes, I am,” I responded, a bit defensively, partly because it was obvious I was and partly because I resented that the question was one that had been troubling me ever since the quake.

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The Big Japan Quake, Part 3 (End of Week 1)

SilvanusLives 3-20-11

What good are predictions? Are they merely an intellectual exercise, something to prove we humans are able to project beyond what’s happening right here, right now? Perhaps they serve other functions: to sooth, or to warn, others, or maybe for the egoic impulse of hoping to be proved right.

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The Big Japan Quake, Part 2 (First Week)

SilvanusLives 3-18-11

Thursday, March 17, 8:30 a.m.

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The Big Japan Quake, Day 1 (Report From Japan)

SilvanusLives 3-18-11

The following is a written account of what I experienced the day of the big Japan quake. I live in Takasaki, Gunma, about 300 kilometers from the epicenter, though closer than Tokyo (so close enough!). It was written on the following Monday when I had time to give an hour to recollecting what had gone down. Here goes:

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Bio: I am a school teacher and sometime-writer whose interests cover a wide range of topics, many of which are covered on Evolver and Reality Sandwich. Included are entheogens, the environment, mysticism, prophecy, new sciences, psychology, education, etc., etc.! I love to share a laugh and also a serious discussion, often in the same conversation. Glad to be here!

Skills and talents: Writing, speaking, teaching.

Interests: learning and listening to music all keep me happily engaged!, reading, writing

What I'm Reading: Tryptamine Palace - James Oroc; B is for Beer - Tom Robbins; The Archaic Revival - Terence McKenna; The Hero's Journey - Joseph Campbell; The Ascent of Humanity - Charles Eisenstein.

What I'm Listening To: The Disco Biscuits, Phish, The Grateful Dead, The Bees, The Clash, Psychedelic Salon Podcast, Gnostic Media Podcast, KunstlerCast Podcast, etc.!