PinnedSpiralling into the minds of our Stone Age ancestorsWhen the Stoney Littleton long barrow was constructed about 5,500 years ago, its builders used a stone with a splendid spiral ammonite…Mar 23, 20241Mar 23, 20241
Caring for the soul on the mystical path‘There’s a lot more Psyche (and its environments) around than most of us think.’ Douglas M GilletteJan 6Jan 6
No time like the present — is that so?How do we define the word, the concept, ‘now’, or ‘the present’? Are they the same thing? It depends on context: ‘now’ in the sense of the…Dec 26, 2024Dec 26, 2024
Are you in a gnostic state of mind?Gnosticism was an ancient form of spirituality arising from the religious ideas of certain Jewish and early Christian factions in the later…Dec 8, 2024Dec 8, 2024
Published inTreading the linePaving the way for a metaphysical RevolutionLooking at the work of Nicholas HaggerNov 21, 20241Nov 21, 20241
Time to master the new metaphysics‘We’re spies for the mind of nature.’ Bernardo KastrupNov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024
George Mitrovic: man of many dimensionsThe story of the Australian author George Mitrovic is extraordinary. Now with no fewer than 130 books to his name, he has written more on…Nov 7, 2024Nov 7, 2024
Probing the punchline: what jokes tell us about ourselves‘Jokes are a way into profound truths about how we think, how we live with each other, and even about philosophy.’ Martin Cohen…Oct 27, 2024Oct 27, 2024
Thinking differently: ten maverick philosophersDown through the centuries, there have been philosophers who didn’t march to the regular beat of academia and weren’t afraid to take on the…Oct 24, 2024Oct 24, 2024
Closing in on that elusive Theory of EverythingOne of the greatest problems of science, a Theory of Everything, or unified field theory, to embrace and explain completely all aspects of…Oct 20, 2024Oct 20, 2024