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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Daniel Botkin
Feb 26, 2023
OBITUARY: Buttercup Botkin 2008 - 2023
Buttercup Botkin of East Peoria passed away on January 31, 2023, just a couple weeks shy of her 15th birthday. Buttercup was born in...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 19, 2023
Rebirth of a Dead Language: A Short History of Hebrew
The Hebrew language has a history unlike the history of any other language. After the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in AD 70, the...
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Daniel Botkin
Feb 12, 2023
Sports
I never had a lot of interest in sports. In high school I was on the boys’ swim team for a while. Back then, the bigots wouldn’t allow...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 15, 2023
Stop Trusting Your Feelings
Feelings are part of being human. Feelings are a blessing in their proper place, but a curse when misused. People often express their...
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