A conceptual playground, where imagination, intellect & creativity are free to explore the many facets of existence. May each insight expressed and materialized through words and form serve as a lantern with which to illuminate the path for any & all.
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Free Will
I’ve never found the topic of “Free Will” to be a super interesting branch of philosophy on it’s own. Much like “ethics”, “free will” felt to me to be one of those “downstream” topics in philosophy that would would only be resolved after addressing more fundamental branches of philosophy like metaphysics, epistemology and phenomenology. In …
Challenging “the body is a prison” Idea
The popular spiritual belief that “the body is a prison” is one I take deep issue with. At best, it can be a useful starting point of our spiritual journey, at worst it can be an existentially suffocating framework with disturbing psychological, somatic and ecological consequences. In our modern culture, I like to conceptualize “the …
Superman & Lex Luthor: Ego, Archetype and Purpose
Part II: Superman (Click here for Part 1: Intro) So what is the medicine of the savior archetype? How can this character move from a abstract source of generalized hope to a practically relevant and motivating force? Let’s start by looking at the archetype of the Hero, the general type of archetype of which the …
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Media that have greatly informed, inspired & resonated with my explorations of reality:
