The blog on this site is going to take a new direction. For that reason, I am now posting to a new blog at robertfertman.com.

The polarity of gender is a universal truth. It is one of the hermetic principles, and so of ancient origin

Both men and woman have both mature and immature expressions of attitudinal behavior.

This idea of Magick, which is so very ancient in origin simply means the creating of change according to will.

Magick is being used as a context mainly because it offers a different and more diverse access to skillful means than science alone

New age wisdom turns out to be rather ancient. This should not surprise people.

Man is hypnotized and this hypnotic state is continually maintained and strengthened in him.

The Earth can do just fine without Human Beings, but we are not here only as an accident of nature. If we fail and go extinct, then perhaps

If we look at life, at its root cause, we can only discover that we are living only because the cells of our body are living

I don’t know if I will (live long enough to) ever read all of these books I have collected...No man who is an observer sees the observer die

"All men are dead, except the ones that know. All men that know are dead, except the ones that have good intentions. All men that have ...

My life is not only the life of my body. It is also the life of my Mind. Both co-exist, and neither can exist long without the other.

I do not need to be equal to the world, but the world will respond to me at the level that I am playing

We cannot avoid the age of cyborgs and machines. It is coming at us fast. But, we do not need to lose our humanity. Instead, we need to ...

...through reflection on one's personal history, the conversation can shift to "Who am I, NOW" or ... into "Who shall I be in the FUTURE?

How can we be both tender and at the same time so aggressive in our nature. Can we be both modern and human? We are a paradox...

As we are socialized in our families of origin, many people lose this natural-born ability to express what they feel without emotional armor

We do not readily give our identity up. Even if we wanted to, we actually have no clue how to give it up. Thus identity is persistent.

What is "the doing" of listening? An action occurs in which the speaking of a speaker is really understood and not just perceived

Any preconception that I have about what a speaker is saying is an obstruction to actual listening.