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I have always been fascinated by the tradition of sacred masonry, which throughout the ages has left us many remarkable and inspiring buildings. I am (continue reading)
Our current sociopolitical climate can cause a fear of change and a want of permanence – of identity and ideology for example. The philosopher looks (continue reading)
I remember a number of years ago in one of my lectures at university learning about the curious characteristics of Dictyostelium discoidem – otherwise known (continue reading)
In the glittering salons of eighteenth-century France, stories circulated of a man who seemed to live beyond the boundaries of ordinary life. In one of (continue reading)
The word ‘esoteric’ probably gives the impression of something obscure, reserved for the few, and having little resonance in the world outside some small, perhaps (continue reading)
Eppie’s hand rests on the shoulder of her adoptive father, Silas Marner, as she looks her natural father, Godfrey, in the eye. Godfrey had deserted (continue reading)
The Bhagavad Gita is a philosophical treasure of the Indian wisdom tradition. A heroic tale which for the wisdom-seeker explains many spiritual truths about ‘the (continue reading)
Is it just a depiction of a basket of rotting fruit? Or a philosophical discussion on the fragility of life? This painting is by one (continue reading)
It seems that respect for authority is declining in many parts of the world. In 2001 half of all Americans said that they trusted the (continue reading)
I will never forget a very well-educated friend of mine who once said, with a hint of contempt in his voice, that the Egyptians didn’t (continue reading)