Encounters at the Mall

I visit shopping malls with the same pleasure as I visit the dentist. For me shopping is a distraction from meaningful activity, and consumerism in general dismays me. Still, there are occasions when I need to visit my local mall, and sometimes my visits produce interesting encounters. I can think of two occasions in particular. …

Joan of the Sixth Sense

An entire universe exists beyond our physical senses. Through a few decades of esoteric practice, I’ve occasionally glimpsed bits of it in sporadic instances of extrasensory perception. After more than forty years of yogic meditation, plus spurious encounters with various mystics, spiritualists, and psychics of all races and religions, I’ve had premonitory dreams, had my…