Moon, The

It was an eerie feeling as the orbit of the planets suddenly swung into reverse. The moon was no longer receiving and reflecting light; as though sucked inwards, radiance flowed from the moon to the sun...

On the essence of lunar time

Half the world are givers, and half the world are takers. The interesting thing about this division is that the half you belong to has little or nothing to do with how much you actually have

On whose initiative were the Spies sent? The way the story is told in Numbers 13, it was by Divine command. But when Moses recounts these events 40 years later, he tells the people of Israe it was their idea. The contradiction descibes a watershed in the ...

People in New York are speaking about the eerie silence around us. I wonder which is more eerie: the sound of air conditioners and subways or the sound of our souls?

To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head

Like the moon, your child may be lovely, but he is a reflector. You assert, she believes. You decide, he accepts. You give, she takes. Then comes the chaos of adolescence . . .

On closer inspection, it seems more akin to ecology than to ethical monotheism... yet this one elegant idea developed by a child some 3,800 years ago, has transformed the world forever

What is so remarkable about moonlight? After all, it is only a weak reflection of the powerful sun...

What's the big deal about Rosh Chodesh, the "New Moon," when the moon is hardly visible; shouldn't we celebrate instead the middle of the month when the moon is round and perfect?