Man was created in the image of God Not just the pure stream of light We imagine...somewhere out there Giving us hope that there lies something beyond This world of complexity, confusion, elation and ...

Every once in a while, I run across a song that states universal truths in a way that makes me stop and just say "Wow, if only everyone could hear, ...

Who is James Hillman? James Hillman, an American born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, became a Jungian analyst in Zürich in the 1950s, and went on to become the Director of ...

OIL DEPENDENCE HAS UNLEASHED TERRORISM Those of us who were alive in 1973 remember America's first gas lines. We were incredulous that some foreign power could somehow limit our unfettered wasteful ...

It's as American as apple pie to want to drive our large cars on our large best-in-the-world roads. And why shouldn't we? I've dreamed of cruising this great country of ...

The terror war is far more dangerous than the Cold War ever was. Even at its pinnacle, with Reagan's talk of the "evil empire," the Cold War was governed by ...

Is Black Sun Nihilistic? by Sean Prophet Over the past couple of months, I've received feedback from some readers who have accused me of being nihilistic, and purveying "existentialist dribble." Another reader ...

It is a cliche that every generation thinks it's invented sex. Of course the same could be said for the other universal elements of human nature: hypocrisy, greed, lust for ...

Some have suggested that a memorial park be built on the sixteen-acre site of the former World Trade Center. This has been done at other sites of extreme violence, ...

I've been racking my brain to come up with a simple definition, based on human nature, for religious fanaticism. Through this tragedy, I think I've finally found the clarity I've ...

I went to sleep on the night of September 10 at about 3 a.m. My friend Will and I had been solving the world's problems in a Los Angeles hotel ...

In the wake of September 11, like the rest of Americans, my primary frustration has been finding a focus for my anger. This morning, I found ...

Tonight was one of the first tastes of normalcy I've had since the 11th. The only way to describe my reaction to the season premiere of UPN's fifth Star Trek ...

In Memoriam - September 11, 2001 This image should live in our minds forever, not the horror we ...

ANTI-CLONING FUROR OFF THE MARK Recent American polls show between 70% and 90% support for banning all types of human cloning, depending on how you ask the question. It's obvious to ...

I wanted an introduction to the rituals of Ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic South American plant concoction, something I'd heard about from a friend and thought I might like to experience at ...

Everyone remembers Catherine McCormack as Mel Gibson's beautiful love in Braveheart whose throat was brutally slashed at the beginning of the film. This helped fuel Gibson's fierce warrior persona as ...

What is Black Sun? The sun is yellow. The sky is blue. Black Sun is a periodic journal that seeks to challenge conventional wisdom and stereotypes which seem on ...

Why is Black Sun? "SPEAK YOUR MIND!" echoed the bumper sticker I saw the other day, "even if your voice is shaking." I had a lot of ...