SHAPES IN THE FIRE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Civilization burns.  War, hate, disease, mistrust, egotism, racism, greed, and just plain stupidity seem to be active
everywhere, destroying social order and reducing our hopes and dreams to ashes.   Yet, strange patterns form in the
flames.  Weaving and dancing, human beings, and their communities, live and die, move and change, grow and become.
Meaning hovers over the seeming chaos, and with a careful attention to the most basic elements it becomes possible
to discern the music that moves along side us - even the themes flowing out of the future .  On this site
are the visions of a few modern story tellers - students of the Mystery, sitting with us by their computer
screens, the community campfire of our electronic age.  Please enter   and listen to their tales.
  There is much to be shared, and you too will be invited to play a part.  Welcome,
your host: Joel A. Wendt [social philosopher ... and occasional fool]