Author Archives: mancastroppa

What is superstition? How did it evolve? What were the beliefs, methods, understandings, now known as superstition, originally? Think of Some’s story – is his understanding of life all superstition? How did he get a doctoral degree and three masters through a superstitious method of reading people’s energy fields?Or, is it possible that “superstition” isContinue reading “Superstition”

The musical is a wonderful adaptation of the traditional opera to what Jade and I are calling Hip-HOpera! It is entirely rapped or sung – truly a feat of ingenious writing, performance, and staging. It’s not very accurate historically – as it uses a lot of “legends” or “myths” about the founders. And, even thoughContinue reading “Hamilton the Hip-HOpera”

Always seeking to fill the need – that emptiness our culture’s material existence feeds on like it feeds on us overeating poor food so we need medicine and hospitals. If we can just find the right pill, the right car, the right job, have enough money in our bank accounts and investments, the right partner,Continue reading “Top of what food chain?”

“Alienation is one of the many faces of modernity. The cure is communication and community–a new sense of togetherness.”

Yielbonguara – the closest translation is, “The thing that knowledge can’t eat.” “This word suggests that the life and power of certain things depend upon their resistance to the kind of categorizing knowledge that human beings apply to everything. ” – p. 8 “Because the world is becoming smaller, people from different realities can benefitContinue reading “Supernatural”

“The world of the Dagara also does not distinguish between reality and imagination. To us, there is a close connection between thought and reality. To imagine something, to closely focus one’s thoughts upon it, has the potential to bring that something into being. Thus, people who take a tragic view of life and are alwaysContinue reading “Imagination”

In our culture we are very good at cultivating our minds in a particular fashion. We develop a few of the many intelligences that people have, such as linguistic, logic and perhaps interpersonal or spatial depending upon engagement or major. Which intelligences embrace emotional development? Interpersonal and Intrapersonal lean in this direction, but tend toContinue reading “Opening Heart & Mind”

In class we discovered that “our belief is what defines our own path and the reality we experience.” How can we unpack this individually? How does it apply to religion? How does it apply to any aspect of how we live? If I believe that eating sorcerers is critical to keep them in-check and because they areContinue reading “Belief”

Head & Gut connection: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-feelings-the-second-brain-in-our-gastrointestinal-systems-excerpt/ Head-heart-gut communication via neural networks: https://owlcation.com/stem/your-second-brain-is-in-your-heart A little easier read: Cephalic, Cardiac & Enteric Brains: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/03/04/change-leadership-why-your-head-heart-and-gut-are-critical-to-listen-to/#d708ec44a965