10 Day Samadhi (Concentration) Retreat at Spirit Rock “No one wants to experience sadness, but feeling sadness and desiring that the sadness goes away is worse than simply experiencing sadness in the present moment. The Buddha called our reaction to experiences the “second arrow” that hurts us. The first arrow is the experience itself; the […]
Monthly Archives: September 2018
Why did the witch trials dwindle?
2018.09.03 – 08:48
Why did the witch trials dwindle? “Where there was more conflict between Catholics and Protestants (in Britain, between Anglicans and Presbyterians), witch trials were widespread; in places where one creed dominated there were fewer. The authors conclude that churches engaged in a sort of “non-price competition”, gaining converts in confessional battlegrounds by advertising their commitment […]