Political emotions
I am giving a paper at the end of this week at a seminar run by…
On a requiem
Image Source: Requiem Kyrie Master Chart, from Vienna Review This morning I listened to an old…
5 reasons games add to culture
As well as being a serious student of literature and history, and the occasional listener to…
The many cradles of civilizations (list)
Civilizations and natures From time to time, I am tempted to be a prophet of a…
Carl Jung’s Hand-Drawn, Rarely-Seen Manuscript The Red Book: A Whispered Introduction Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2015/08/carl-jungs-hand-drawn-rarely-seen-manuscript-the-red-book-a-whispered-introduction.html Here is a rare treasure, and an inspiration to create my own red book.
Going sane writing
Adam Phillips says somewhere, perhaps in one of his intriguing essays, perhaps in an interview with the…
Is nothing sacred?
One of the surprises of my mid-life has been the admission of a longing for the sacred….
Madness & History
I am reading Andrew Scull’s Madness in Civilization: a cultural history of insanity from the Bible…
A song of sorries
The Parliament of Victoria recently voted an apology for laws that criminalised homosexuality. It followed a…
Time may change me but I can’t change time
Roger Scruton writes, in How to be a Conservative: Whatever our religion and our private convictions,…