Barry Graham's Blog, page 79

Portland, end of autumn, 2013

Portland, end of autumn, 2013

Portland, end of autumn, 2013

Portland, end of autumn, 2013

criminalwisdom:LOS ANGELES AND THE 1920’s OCCULT...

criminalwisdom:

LOS ANGELES AND THE 1920’s OCCULT EXPLOSION»

He estimated that there were, in the late 1920’s, approximately 400 cults active in Southern California alone, with memberships numbering in the hundreds of thousands. They included such notable organizations as Zeralda and Omar’s “Love Cult,” also known as the “Sacred Schools Cult”, the Mazdaznan Cult, the “Perfect Christian Divine Way” cult, the “Christian Church of Psychosophy,” and the “Pisgah Work.”

There were numerous Devil-worsh...

criminalwisdom:CAPTURE HOUSES: FULLY FURNISHED HOUSES IN U.K....

criminalwisdom:

CAPTURE HOUSES: FULLY FURNISHED HOUSES IN U.K. RUN SOLELY TO TRAP BURGLARS»

Stopping Blood: Boxing and Noir - The Big Click

Stopping Blood: Boxing and Noir - The Big Click:

My latest essay in The Big Click is now online.

criminalwisdom:Cartoon by Clay Butler.

criminalwisdom:

Cartoon by Clay Butler.

Portland’s inaugural Noir at the Bar. I’ll have...

Portland’s inaugural Noir at the Bar. I’ll have books for sale, and of course I’ll sign any books you bring with you.

"…..most of the books produced in the United States were generated by five offices, and they cared..."

“…..most of the books produced in the United States were generated by five offices, and they cared little about innovation, or creativity, or discovering new voices. Their shepherds were no longer righteous individuals who believed that literature deserved its own place in the cultural arena and that it had something valuable to contribute there. The formula was inverted by corporations as they bought Pantheon, and Knopf, and on down the line, so that the focus became producing literature tha...

Why are Buddhist magazines ignoring the murder of Akong Rinpoche?

I’m saddened and baffled that the glossy Buddhist magazines have been silent about the murder of Dr. Akong Tulku Rinpoche, founder of Samye Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Scotland.

As this article in The Guardian says, he was key to the flourishing of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.

He wasn’t flashy and didn’t seek to become a celebrity, which I suspect is the reason the Upper Middle Way magazines aren’t paying any attention to his death. Samye Ling is a marvelous place o...

Inspired by her young protege, Kitty, Maggie has now taken up...

Inspired by her young protege, Kitty, Maggie has now taken up the practice of Zen.

At least she hasn’t yet grabbed my mala and run away with it, as Kitty did last week.