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Pacha Jitsu – The martial art of non-violent resistance

On 18 August 2011 By

In the world of The Fifth Sacred Thing, the residents of San Francisco agree to resist the Steward Army with non-violent tactics.  Even among those who do agree to engage in active resistance there is a consensus that the machinery of warfare and domination may be sabotaged or destroyed, but not at the expense of [...]

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TFST Novel excerpts – Maya addresses the Council

On 4 July 2011 By

“All war is first waged in the imagination, first conducted to limit our dreams and visions, to make us accept within ourselves its terms, to believe that our only choices are those that lay before us.  If we let the terms of force describe the terrain of our battle, we will lose.  But if we [...]

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The Only War That Counts

On 11 June 2011 By

“The only War that counts is the war against the imagination.”
– Diane Di Prima, Quoted by Maya in The Fifth Sacred Thing

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