September 1993

  • Profiles Philip John Neimark, a successful financial analyst who has become a babalawo, or high priest, in the Ifa religion, an ancient system of belief in which animal sacrifice is one of the most sacred rituals. Also discusses increasing recognition of the limitations of conventional religion.

  • Interviews motion picture director Oliver Stone, variously called the last working hippie, the voice of America's national conscience and a rebel with too many causes. His thoughts on his conscious self, his film 'JFK,' on Michael Douglas, violence in his films, and drugs in Hollywood.
  • An older sister tells of her brother's death from AIDS.

  • Argues that being a father is life's fullest expression of masculinity, and questions if the current crop of patriarchal fathers will fare any better than the generation of fathers who were defined in terms of making money.

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