<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Shining Tribe]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://rachelpollack.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://rachelpollack.wordpress.com/author/rachelpollack/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[starting out]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>This is something new for me, computer funtional illiterate that I am.&nbsp; My hope is to do this to talk about what&#39;s going on with me, what&#39;s coming up (right now the big things are my annual <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eomega.org/omega/faculty/viewProfile/19f8f76d862ebecb1a44db8b73b73d09/#books"><strong>Omega Institute weeklong class with Mary K. Greer</strong></a>, a monthlong art show at Omega, and <a target="_blank" href="https://rachelpollack.wordpress.com/greater-mysteries-greece-october-2006/"><strong>my trip to Greece in October</strong></a>), and also just to share ideas and experiences.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Subjects here may range from Tarot, to fiction, the teaching of writing, sacred texts, fun books and cool movies, travel, music, and anything else.&nbsp; These are the kinds of things I can&#39;t do on the web site.&nbsp; Well, truth is, I can&#39;t do much of anything on the web site without someone else helping, but even if I could, well, you get the idea.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Maybe next time&nbsp;I will write something about my favorite books.&nbsp; Or the relationship of slavery to the Ten Commandments.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or weird Jewish myths.&nbsp; Like the Yemeni story where Eve has&nbsp;the Devil&#39;s baby &#8211;the Devil is called Samael in Jewish tradition&#8211;and then she and Adam kill the baby and eat it, and when Samael comes and asks where her&nbsp;baby is, Adam and Eve say &quot;Baby?&nbsp; What baby?&nbsp; Did you see a baby?&quot; until the child calls out from their bodies, and Samael says &quot;Because you have taken my son into your hearts he will remain there forever, and the hearts of your children, and your children&#39;s children.&quot;</p>
<p>Or maybe I will talk about <a target="_blank" href="http://www.magic-realism.com/"><strong>The See of&nbsp;Logos</strong></a>, the set of surreal fortune-telling cards I&#39;m doing with the amazing artists of Magic Realist Press (creators of The Tarot of Prague, and the Fairytale Tarot).&nbsp; Or the short story collection I&#39;m doing for Magic Realist, and perhaps what it&#39;s like to read work in progress to a writing group (we meet once a week and share our work&#8211;if you&#39;re a new writer, or experienced&#8211;I&#39;ve published 28 books&#8211;a writing group is a great help).</p>
<p>Or maybe just Spring in the Hudson Valley, and <a target="_blank" href="http://rachelpollack.com/writing/index.html"><strong>walking with Wonder Girl</strong></a>, my sweet dog.&nbsp; As you can see, there are lots of possibilities.&nbsp;</p>
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