Tag: philosophy

Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker, first published in 1986 ((My copy is a revised edition released in 2006.)), was written to counter arguments made in favour of creationism by the eighteenth century theology William Paley's Natural Theology, published in 1902.

Every society is founded on a common principle. A group of people is more capable of producing more together than each person would be individually. Industrialized production and specialized labour are some examples of how the group size contributes to a larger per-person output of the social product.

In modern and LaVeyan Satanism does not involve devil-worship, rather, practitioners are atheistic, holding the self in the highest position of reverence.

On Being a Pagan is serious, compelling and erudite. I sincerely hope the deceptive cover succeeds in drawing greater attention to this work, as its message is one which should be heard, understood and intelligently integrated into modern Paganism that has yet to shake its past.

With The History of British Magick After Crowley Dave Evans has produced a useful source book for students of both magick and history.

It is not an uncommon incident to hear a person attempt to justify their actions with, "But I was drunk..."