Archive for 2001
December 21st, 2001 / Religion /
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 ...
December 1st, 2001 / Music /
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, ...
December 1st, 2001 / Psychology /
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 ...
November 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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 ...
November 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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 ...
November 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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 ...
October 1st, 2001 / Origins /
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 ...
October 1st, 2001 / Film /
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 ...
October 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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, ...
October 1st, 2001 / Religion /
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 ...
October 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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 ...
September 29th, 2001 / Religion, Television /
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 ...
September 26th, 2001 / Television /
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 ...
September 11th, 2001 / Current Affairs /
In Memoriam - September 11, 2001
This image should live in our minds forever, not the horror we ...
September 1st, 2001 / Current Affairs /
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 ...
September 1st, 2001 / Books /
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 ...
September 1st, 2001 / Film /
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 ...
August 23rd, 2001 / Origins /
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 ...
August 15th, 2001 / Origins /
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 ...