CARTOON & HUMOUR SITES

Linkie Cartoon Forum

* AAA Aardvark -- comics, comic books, comic strips and e-zines.
* Bobby T's Joke Archive -- a good collection.
* Cartoonists At Largen - "your source for new and interesting talent in the comic strip and cartoon market."
  * Center For The Easily Amused -- this site is a great starting point for some of the most amused browsing I've done!
* Go Ahead! Make Me Laugh! -- a big joke archive.
* The Humour Search Site -- need I elaborate?
  * Internet Cartoon Forum --   This site explores cartooning in all its forms: the people and characters, the art and business, magazine cartoons, newspaper strips, comic books, caricature, editorial, film and TV animation, graphic stories, mini-comics, cartoon jams, humorous illustration, and online cartooning.
* Laugh Traxx -- an excellent e-zine for professional cartoonists and gag writers, with a visitors section. This is one I subscribe to.
* The Lighter Side Of Buddhism -- a good Theme Site for Buddhist jokes & anecdotes.
* The Mercury Center Comics -- a great source of newspaper comic strips, by subscription.
  * The Mighty Information -- A great selection of world class comics for free viewing.
* To Peh Wei's Personal Home Page -- a very cute page from Malaysia, with a nice collection of jokes.
  * Professional Cartoonists Index -- a site created by cartoonist Daryl Cagle, this is a great starting point to search for cartoons and cartoonists by title, subject or other categories.
* ProTooner -- A guide to markets for professional cartoonists
* Stu's Comic Strip Connection -- a totally comprehensive starting point for comics fans!
* Swami Beyondananda, The Cosmic Comic -- "spiritual humour" is to be found here!
* Web Guide to Cartoons & Comedy -- no comment needed.

NEW AGE / SPIRITUAL SITES

* The Bodhi Tree (Hot Rod Your Head) -- A webzine that explores the limits of human potential.
* College of Metaphysical Studies --  The College of Metaphysical Studies (CMS) is a full-time metaphysical teaching organization, established in 1986, offering education for on-campus or distant learning. We are authorized by the Florida State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities to operate as a private, non-secular college and to issue Associate, Bachelor, Master and Doctorate Degrees in metaphysics, religion, spiritual awareness, spiritual healing, esoteric studies, para-psychology, and all the allied metaphysical fields. CMS trains and certifies ministers, healers, teachers, pastoral counselors, mediums, intuitive practitioners, past-life regression facilitators and administrators. Certification is by the New Age Ministries, International (NAMI) only and does not indicate certification or licensing by any Florida state agencies. CMS also offers personal growth non-degree programs for truth motivated adults.
* The Dharmacist -- Edward Namerdy's unique and very personal spiritual offering -- much different from anything I've seen, with ambitious undertakings regarding the big questions.
  * Gerardus' Grist -- simply the best, most soulful and insightful personal spiritual web site I have seen!  Well worth a visit.
  * I've Learned  -- a highly personal and highly inspirational site offering someone's own personal life lessons to share with others -- well worth the visit here!
* Many Paths -- Many Paths has been built to assist all people in their journey through life. It is a place of personal and spiritual growth. It has been built to give people a sense of comfort and knowing that they are not alone. It is a place for people to heal, grow, laugh, cry, resolve conflict and know that they are uniquely who they are and can be appreciated in that uniqueness.
* The Mind Site -- The Online Home for the Metaphysical Traveler. A place for the
exploration of dreams, spirituality, past lives, astrology, advice and more!
  * New Age On-Line -- Australia's own clearing house for everything New Age.
  * The Secular Web: Events, debates, literature, humour, organisations and newsgroups are but a few of the well organised resources that this site offers atheists and other Secular Humanists. The Secular Web is maintained by The Internet Infidels.
* Soulmates Bookstores -- a mail-order resource for New Age publications, with a good index.
* Spirit Talk -- Providing Information & Entertainment for a Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit.

RELIGIOUS SITES

  * All Faiths Press -- The Original multi-religious website dedicated to uniting all religions and or beliefs Judaism, Islamic, Hinduism, Faiths, Sikhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Zoroastrian, Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Jainism, Metaphysics, Masonry, New Age Religions, Alternative Religions and Independent Churches of the world.
* Awareness Institute -- A fully comprehensive resource centre for Interfaith, the Essene Way Community and most matters metaphysical.
* A Baha'i Faith Page: this site is most valuable for its links to many other sites and resources related directly and not directly to the Baha'i Faith.
* Baha'i Texts On The Internet -- From this site you can download sacred writings, compilations, introductory materials, newsgroups and mailing lists.
* Belfast Mosque & BICNews -- Belfast Mosque contains information on Islam and Q&A by the late Dr ad-Darsh, chairman of the UK Islamic Shari'ah Council. Also home to BICNews, an excellent global news and Islamic feature service through mailing list. It also stores contemporary & lively articles. This website was founded in 1995 and is arguably one of the first mosque to enter cyberspace.
* Christian-Buddhis Dialogue -- a good site for inter-faith articles, news and resources.
* Circle Sanctuary -- A non-profit Nature Spirituality centre serving Wicca, Shamanic, Goddess, Druidic, Celtic Mystic and other Pagan folk worldwide.
* The Community Of The Little Sparrow -- a Christian-Buddhist community (sangha) based in meditation, prayer and the teachings of Holy Father Saint Francis and Lord Buddha.
* Comparative Religion - A good directory of Internet resources for the academic study of religion.
* Cross Search: An extensive and well organised index of Christian resources covering everything from Apologetics to the Arts. CrossSearch is a service of the Gospel Communications Network.
* Catholic Encyclopedia: Thanks to New Advent, the 1913 version of The Catholic Encyclopedia is now available online -- at least in part. This 15-volume resource covers a broad range of secular and religious topics from a Catholic perspective. Users are encouraged to do their favourite patron saint a favour and transcribe a section of the encyclopedia for the site.
* Electronic Ashram -- the web site of "Hinduism Today" magazine. They have an ecumenical leaning, and they are one of the cool print magazines that run the "Dharma The Cat" strip.
* Greenbelt Interfaith News -- This magazine covers interfaith news from around the world, with special coverage of events in Washington, D.C. It is published in Greenbelt, Maryland, a suburb of Washington.
* Harry Leichter's Home Page -- a rich and intriguing Jewish site, and a virtual online Variety Show!
* Indians In Australia -- dedicated to Indians living in Australia, their triumph and their evolving history.
* The Interfaith Alliance -- The mission of The Interfaith Alliance is to promote the positive role of religion as a healing and constructive force in public life. Therefore we challenge those who manipulate religion to advance an extreme political agenda.
* Islamic Texts and Resources: This aptly named site is a collection of links to Islamic texts and resources. Members of the Muslim Students Association at the University of Buffalo have done a great job linking to other sites and posting their own material, which includes a bibliography of print information sources
* Judaism and Jewish Resources: An excellent index maintained by Andrew Tannenbaum of Brookline, MA. Resource areas covered include Web sites, mailing lists, museums, and Israeli servers.
* Michel's Religion News Page -- A rich, unusual journal which compiles international news stories on religious topics. Produced by a Buddhist academic in South Africa.
* Taoism & Poetry -- a site dedicated to lovers of Asian philosophy and poetry, including our 4-monthly haiku contest. Put off your shoes and lay down in your favourite armchair: Here are the quiet pages of the net. Besides you'll find complete online books and lots of fine poetry.
* The Hindu Universe -- a very rich and comprehensive site, including sections on interfaith and comparative religions.
* New Religious Movements -- A significant gateway to the vast internet resources on cults, sects and movements.
* Ontario Consultants On Religious Tolerance -- provide accurate information on various religions, and expose groundless religious hatred. They also "help you understand many different religions, from Asatru to Christianity to Zoroastrianism; expose religious misinformation; and discuss all aspects of various "hot" religious topics, from Abortion to Homosexuality to Female clergy."
  * Religion Depot -- A central starting point for exploring many different faiths, including Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism etc.
* Project Mind Foundation -- Vision: to free the human spirit from the crushing
illusion of materialism by using the transformative genius, latent in all humans, to eliminate real and addictive lack.
* Taoist Circle Organization -- "Open your mind,  am sure it could use the fresh air."
  * The Secular Web: Events, debates, literature, humour, organisations and newsgroups are but a few of the well organised resources that this site offers atheists and other Secular Humanists. The Secular Web is maintained by The Internet Infidels.
  * Unitarian-Universalist Buddhist Fellowship -- this is a very intersting Inter-Faith site which has special appeal for parents wishing to introduce their young children to Buddhist thinking: "In recent years, Unitarian Universalists have increasingly been drawn to explore Buddhist religious practices, especially seated meditation, in order to ground the "free and responsible search for truth and meaning" that is one of the guiding principles of the UU tradition. Meditation invites a direct and immediate experience of reality and provides a balance to purely intellectual inquiry."
* United Communities Of Spirit -- United Communities of Spirit is a global interfaith network, linking people of diverse faiths and beliefs who want to work with others to build a better world. Our network includes conference facilities and an extensive database, that allow you to express the fine details of your personal beliefs. Our database organizes this information, seeking for the common factors and universal truths that unite people of diverse cultures.
* The Vivekananda Centre, London -- This is an important Hindu education site.
The WWW Virtual Library of Religion -- just what it says -- a comprehensive library & database.
* Warning: Anti-Religious Site: "Truth Be Known," by Acharya S -- This site is strictly for cynics or people curious about cynicism toward religion and religiousness.  This site has some excellent articulations of the anti- religious point of view.  If you are religious and you want to be informed of how "the opposing camp" thinks, you cand find the info here.  But don't go here if you feel sensitive or vulnerable to blasphemy!  My linking to this site is in the spirit of hearing everyone's voice -- even those I may or may not disagree with personally. -- DL

CYBERSITES -- Software Links, Internet Resources etc.

  * AdZe's Cosmic Site Of The Week -- a potpourri of mentally stimulating quality sites.
  * Cool Site Of The Day -- You'll have some great surfing sessions here!
  * The Free Center -- a central clearing house for all things free on the internet.
  * Guide To The Internet, Step-By-Step: This is another one of Microsoft's extremely helpful pages, giving you an easy but comprehensive tutorial on using the Internet, plus this even bigger site!
* Graphic Designs by David Lourie -- a few sample logos, book covers and posters.
* ICQ Online Chat Software: Free and easy download of a nifty little program that automatically kicks in when you go online and alerts you to any of your "friends" (fellow ICQ users) are also "awake" (online), so you can beep them and have live chats via your keyboard. Lots of fun, and very social.
* Internet Card Central: A clearing house for all the internet sites that offer Postcards.
* Internet Search Advantage -- everything you'll need for advanced searching techniques, tuition and downloads to empower your web surfing.
  * Lycos Top 5% -- Your shortcut to finding quality sites in every category.
* MCP.COM: A major Software Supermarket, for downloading both free and commercial software.
  * Project Cool -- "The ultimate arbiter of What's Cool"
  * The Free Site -- A central clearing house for quality freebies on the net.
  * The Reference Desk -- Look up anything! Access to all types of reference texts and resources, including dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopaedias, atlases, almanacs and much more.
  * Uproar --Online entertainment for the whole family -- games, game shows, puzzles, kids' zone etc.
  * Wall To Wall Computer Services: Provides Professional Computer Training for the entire Sydney Metro area, specialising in providing Quality Training, Installation, Help, Support and Advice for Home, Small Business and Corporate Users. [Greg Wall is an excellent tutor who I enthusiastically recommend!]