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 …
Monthly Archives: April 2008
…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).

