Monthly Archives: April 2008

Substance and form, forces and differences

The explanatory world of substance can invoke no differences and no ideas but only forces and impacts. And, per contra, the world of form and communication invokes no things, forces, or impacts but only differences and ideas. (A difference which makes a difference is an idea. It is a “bit,” a unit of information.) Gregory

…are written on the subway walls

Basically, the Soteria method can be characterized as the 24 hour a day application of interpersonal phenomenologic interventions by a nonprofessional staff, usually without neuroleptic drug treatment, in the context of a small, homelike, quiet, supportive, protective, and tolerant social environment. The core practice of interpersonal phenomenology focuses on the development of a nonintrusive, noncontrolling

The words of the prophets…

Let’s all go to hell. It’s the least expensive vacation spot. Make reservations at the door. -Writing on the wall of the first Soteria House, San Jose (ca. 1972).