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Of Eros and Thanatos

January 11, 2025January 11, 2025
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Essays

I was just watching an episode of the X-Files in which Agent Mulder is called on to assist in a hostage negotiation with a former FBI agent who appears to be an alien abductee. This is fiction of course, but

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Beethoven Violin Sonata, Op. 47, “Kreutzer” – Andrew Kohji Taylor, violin

September 6, 2017December 14, 2024
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Performances, Recordings

1. Adagio sostenuto – Presto 2. Andante con variazioni 3. Presto

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The Open Door

August 20, 2017December 14, 2024
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Essays

I just finished reading a book about Krishnamurti’s last years called The Open Door, and I think this intimate portrayal of the final years of a spiritual teacher illustrates some of the problems involved in spiritual transmission and why we

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Mozart Trio, KV 498 “Kegelstadtt” – Hunter Bennett, clarinet, Peter Zay, cello

April 24, 2017December 14, 2024
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Performances, Recordings

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7MRAHTgljtGLUt4WkxGNVI3OTA

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Summer Music

April 24, 2017December 14, 2024
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Compositions, Recordings

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7MRAHTgljtGd19Ra3ZoYzVTRjA

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On Power

November 1, 2015December 14, 2024
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Essays

As I am fond of saying, “the world is about power” – and in a sense, of course, this is logical and inevitable. Even picking up a cup of tea is about power, because in order for this to happen, I

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Prologue

October 1, 2015December 14, 2024
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Compositions

  ©1999 Stephen James – All Rights Reserved

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Transparency

September 30, 2015December 14, 2024
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Essays

My Gurdjieff teacher, Paul Anderson, felt, I believe, that spiritual teachers should be accorded various forms of recognition, including money, power, status, and, following in the footsteps of Gurdjieff himself, sex.  Except for the last (and sometimes including the last

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Master Lyell and His Cat

September 30, 2015December 14, 2024
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Compositions

I. Castles in the Air II. Sam Bam Myrtle Fur (My Cat) III. I Have a Question IV. Sailing V. Mom-o   ©2000 Stephen James – All Rights Reserved  

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