Abandoned_Altars

It’s finally done. Sons of Perdition: New Mexico in the Secret History of the Catholic Sex Scandals is now available at Amazon.com and elsewhere. It is an overview of sex and clergy and the roles played by the Inquisition, the pope, and oh yes, my own homeland of New Mexico.You can read much more about it at my “new” website, sarabite.info. This is a mash-up of all my other websites. My archive of articles which form the basis of much of the book, Priests of Darkness is still available but updated and at a new address. I haven’t had a chance yet to clear out all the cruft, wonky code, and dead links, but now that the book and sites are up, I may have a chance.

In the course of my research, I’ve found even more amazing things than the Spanish Inquisition lurking about. Enough perhaps to justify another book in time. But as for now, I think I might concentrate on turning the funniest thing I’ve ever written, Once Upon an Inquisition from a screenplay to a novel. At least, that way it would see the light of day…

I also plan to redo this blog, allowing comments and expanding the number of topics I cover. Believe it or not, I have interests beyond clergy abuse and flying saucers (odd combination that ;-> ), spiritual interests, in such things as Hermeticism, Gnosticism, and Cabala, particularly as how such motifs are expressed in the modern world.

So stay tuned. Still got time to get crazy before it all comes down on December 22, 2012… or not.

Peace,

Jay Nelson

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The reason this poor blog has been so neglected has nothing to do with the subject matter, depressing as it often has been. No, the only reason for seeming to desert Abandoned Altars is that I have had bigger fish to fry. Much bigger fish — like the entire history of sex in the Catholic Church.

“Real Soon Now”, the results will be available for all to see. I am happy to announce that my latest book, Sons of Perdition, based on all the research here and at my other sites, including Priests of Darkness and Weirdload, is about to be published. It’s an exposé of the sex scandals like none before, and will contain revelations never seen in print.

To go along with it, a complete makeover of all my websites is planned. Much old, stale, and unpopular content will be purged, leaving only the best essays with room for new and hopefully more exciting pieces to come.

For those who have stumbled upon this blog – and especially those who have wanted to comment – thanks for your attention, and please accept my apologies. I’m sorry I have not been able to spend more time with this; hopefully that will change. I plan to expand my interests far beyond clergy abuse, and link up with other fringe thinkers dealing with more positive aspects of life here in the future.

So, please, check back often. Hopefully all the links will continue to work in the meantime. ;->

Peace and thanks for your support,

Sincerely,

Jay Nelson

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