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The ebook contains every post on this website from its inception in March 2018 up to and including 3rd March 2026
Exploring the intersection of philosophy, science, and the human condition. Ultimately, these essays constitute a philosophical magazine that attempts to reconcile aesthetic beauty with the harsh realities of existence.
Latest Essays
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“Artificial” Sentience
I have been absorbed my entire life with the sort of questions I have written about in my essays on this website for the past 8 years or so.
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The Cranmer Prayer Book – does it still have relevance?
In the immortal words of Randolf Churchill “God, isn’t God a shit!”.
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Omnism
Or letsism, if you prefer. The nuns twittered a capella, the priest intoned the prayers.
From the Archives
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Who needs a guru?
Nobody does. Certainly not the variety on public offer.
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Mysticism – Experience over Intellect
Countless words have been written about mysticism but only direct experience will ever be able to convey what it is “like”.
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What am I?
The question “what am I” is the most important avenue any sentient being can enter.
Meditation
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Depression and Determinism – can we Change our Mind?
Depression and determinism: can we influence our moods, can we “change our mind”?
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Peace which the World Cannot Give?
Can we find peace in this world despite what the Book of Common Prayer says?
To open the Wardrobe Door, to enter the Wood Betwen the Worlds. Through the Doors of Perception to touch the Infinite. Becoming as one with the Void.
Categories
The Inner Path
The journey toward inner stillness, emotional resilience, and freedom from mental disturbance.
The Human Zoo
A critique of human society, economics, and politics, paired with a vision for a kinder, cooperative world.
The Creative Cosmos
Exploring the nature of the physical universe, consciousness, emergent order, and the possibility of free will.
Windows to the Numinous
Experiencing the sacred, awe, and transcendence through art, music, architecture, and nature without needing supernatural beliefs.
The Imaginal Realm
Using myth, literature, and story as lenses to illuminate deep existential truths that raw analytical facts cannot fully convey.