Daniel Botkin
- Nov 5, 2023
Purple Hayes
A few years ago I had some of my artwork in a booth at an outdoor art fair in Peoria. A man stopped by and looked at my work. He said...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 29, 2023
Linguistic Superstition and the Sacred Name Movement
Linguistic superstition is the belief that saying certain "negative" words will produce negative results, and saying certain "positive"...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 15, 2023
Syncretism: A Blending of Paganism & Truth
Syncretism is defined as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice" (Webster's). The word syncretism does not appear in...
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Daniel Botkin
- Oct 8, 2023
The Feminizing of the Faith
I recently read a quote: “The average church today is an institution supported by the husbands of its members.” This quote appeared in...
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Daniel Botkin
- Sep 17, 2023
Just One Night in a Bad Motel
I read somewhere that one of the four noble truths of Buddhism is that “Suffering exists,” or “Life is difficult,” or something like...
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Daniel Botkin
- Jul 9, 2023
The Seventh Sneeze
Pagan cultures have different superstitions about sneezing. Sneezing, depending on the number or type of sneezes, is believed to be a...
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