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PAUL E NELSON

Poetry for Ukraine

I recently participated in a couple of readings dedicated to addressing the Russian war in Ukraine. One event I had a hand in organizing. I was honored to be asked to read for the other. March 15 there was this event Lyn Coffin and Leopoldo Seguel organized it and had...

Review of Loving: Truths About Sex No One Told You

Review of Loving: Truths About Sex No One Told You by Emmanuel Williams We live in a very secular and materialist culture. I’m not sure if it was Nietzsche’s proclaiming that God is dead, or the advent of science (as a kind of religion) or if it goes back to the...

Subud Zones Conference, U.S. National Congress

Today ends an eleven day period during which I have been VERY BUSY with gatherings sponsored by Subud. I was “opened” in Subud on June 27, 2004 and started taking the latihan kedjiwaan very seriously in 2008. The Zones conference was a gathering of Subud...