Author Description

This book is an essay, an attempt, to explore and formulate ideas about science, nature, cosmology, religion, and pagan practice - to see if any Modern Man might find meaning in some of these esoteric notions. The world today is mostly secular. The religions of past times are losing the favor and the influence that they once held in the public mind. It seems a great battle, between science and religion, is in its final stages - and religion has been forced to retreat. So, I'm trying to explore, from a pagan, atheist, and scientific standpoint, what it might be reasonable to expect from a "spiritual" practice - what a person living today can believe in, at least enough to nourish the psyche and get health and wholeness, by clarifying some confusions and eliminating contradictions. I have been very lucky in my life, in that I've had a wide variety of experience. I've been to the great Woodstock concert, and also Viet Nam. I've driven a cab, and packed instruments for the VA surgery. I've been married three times, been to many schools, owned a house and raised a family, been saved from death by wonderful doctors, played music in front of thousands of people, written many songs and poems, and have grandchildren. My thoughts, though based on what I've read and heard, are somewhat wild and original, and that's why I have the audacity to put them out there - in hopes that others, who may have had similar feelings, might take comfort and not feel so lonely knowing there are folks who are the same. So I hope anyone reading this book might find a few things to resonate with their thinking, and re enforce a search for things that give our lives meaning. There are great tasks ahead, and we will need all the strength we can get, from whatever source, to help us through the coming times. Bright Blessings and Best Of Luck to All. Jim Connelly