Abandoned_Altars

As you can see, that which was dead lives again. In my quest to update all my sites, I somehow managed to hose the upgrade to this, my WordPress blog. D’oh! But I’m back (thanks, Mark!), and as the saying goes, there will be some changes around here.

First thing I’m going to do is enable comments. Yes, really. I know that among the horde of spambots, some actual people have attempted to sign up. My sincere apologies for not have enabled a conversation. Between lagging technically somewhat and faced with distractions like writing and publishing a book on my own, this site has been woefully neglected.

I’re re-enabled everyone who attempted to register previously — well, at least those addresses who seemed like they might be human. ;-> And I’ll try to notify everyone shortly.

Comments will still be held for moderation, at least until I get to know you. And you’ll only have a two-week shot at best. But I know from folks who’ve emailed me after seeing something on my website, there’s a lot of interesting folks out there and some even weirder than me.

Secondly, the range of interests discussed here will be greatly expanded. I’m rather tired of dealing with clergy abuse and Catholic issues in general at the moment, oddly enough. But as any casual visitor to my sarabite.info sites can see, I’m fascinated by everything from flying saucers to old movies to transcendent painting to Gnosis — not just satanic priests and the follies of Rome. Those will continue provide amusement no doubt, but I need to look at something other than that particular cesspool once in a while. Whether I’ll get much of a chance is another question.

Lately, I’ve been quite taken by the idea of synchromysticism. Don’t know if I’ll play much here with it, but I have found for a long time that the symbolic context of events shows that indeed the Universe is talking to us, whether we’re paying attention or not, so I think there’s a certain validity to these discoveries.

Anyway, to new time visitors and the random few who check back occasionally, welcome!

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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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