On this section of the site, you will find various essays, notes and writings on a variety of themes ranging from mythological archetypes through artistic practices to more esoteric visionary-related explorations that blur science, religion, anthropology, psycholog, mythology and song. These are chronologically arranged and more will be surely added as they flow out of my brain onto the screen...
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Two-Spirit And The Inner Experience Of Homosexuality (Jan 2011) Musings on the dissonance that many gay and queer-identified people feel with the archetypes of Western culture and the parallels that I have personally experienced in my life between that queer-identification and the Native American archetype of the Two-Spirited individual. |
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Becoming Christ For A Moment At Perpignan Station (Sep 2010) In September 2010, I visited Cologne's Museum Ludwig to chance upon the magnificent La Gare De Perpignan by Salvador Dalí. There, having had my perception confounded by the painting's symmetries, I had a marvellous and full-blown religious experience. This is what true art should aspire to do... |
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Some New And Interesting Ways To Explore The Inner And Outer Sacred Twenty three ideas starting from a rigidly atheistic-rational perspective whose pathway ascends into a new and playful way of exploring the sacred whilst not losing sight of the potentials that both science and religion have to guide humanity. But this is not seeking a middle ground, but transcends those old bivalent opposites. |
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The Future Is Network (May 2010) Thirteen ideas towards creating a more egalitarian future world free of hierarchies and power-obsessions, to aid in the engendering a global culture of network-linked, partnership-oriented communities who value care, creative expression and happiness over money, warfare and a rigid social order. |
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Some Thoughts On Being An Artist With Integrity (May 2010) Thirteen points written as a reminder to myself on how to further become an artist who works, speaks and acts with integrity, written after reading about some of the recent 'critical artistic debates' (or 'blazing rows') that have taken place in Britain's contemporary art scene. |
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On Migraines And The Emergence Of Symbolism (Apr 2010) A short note responding to E. Loder's article which views migraine as the pay-off for some evolutionary advantage. Using this as a springboard I speculate that migraineurs may have been in a strong social position upon the emergence of symbolism among cognitively-modern humans. |
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Notes On the Origins Of Art (Nov 2009) An overview of archaeological theories on the origins of cultural and symbolic expression among humans. Contrary to the belief that culture emerged suddenly in the Upper Palaeolithic 30,000 years ago, there is much evidence to suggest it occurred much earlier, over a long period of the African Middle Palaeolithic. |
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What Happened At The Last World Age Change (May 2009) Building upon The House Of The Sky, this essay takes a look at what happened at the last World Age Change, when Pisces replaced Aries as the bearer of the Vernal Equinox, and speculates about the nature of events during the upcoming Change and a new beginning on January 13th, 2013. |
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Looking With Lizard Eyes - Coming To Terms With Reptilian Intelligence A full account of a series of experiences with salvia divinorum and in dreams in which I encountered a reptilian intelligence, and found myself in a situation in perfect contrast to the commonly-experienced mode of this archetype promulgated by Icke among others... |
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Thirteen Reasons Why Salvia Divinorum Is A Sublime Plant Ally (Mar 2009) An elegiac homage to the Mexican entheogenic herb salvia divinorum, which has been a plant ally and primary conduit into my own subconscious and the visionary spaces beyond for several years now. This piece tells of why I am so drawn to her and what she has taught me in our joruneys together. |
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The Bull, The Mushroom & The Mistress Of The Dance (Jan 2009) An exploration of Minoan religion, beginning with an overview of the history and womanliness of that civilisation, and proceeding to enquire into the characters of Minos, Ariadne and the Labyrinth, as well as Glaucos, to uncover an archaic conception of that mandala that speaks with an authentic Minoan voice. |
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Chjine - A Mazatec Concept Of Practicality (Mar 2006) Exploring the Mazatec concept that is often translated as 'wise' or 'knowing' but which has a much greater subtlety that opens a door to our understanding of the character and mindset of the shaman and provides a path and lifeway for the rest of us to aspire to... |
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Little Vision Tricksters (Oct 2005) Every human culture in the world has its own unique set of ‘fairy folk’ beliefs, from leprechaun to menehuneWhere did these animistic beliefs originate and how have the managed to survive for so many years of more organised monotheistic religion? |
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The House of The Sky - A History & Future Of Mythical Floods (Feb 2005) An essay exploring the mythopsychological relationships between astronomy and human beliefs from ancient times to the present day and beyond. In essence, these words take a long historical view to map out the effects, ancient, current and future, of heavenly movements on human consciousness. |
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On Consciousness As An Emergent Order (Feb 2005) There are numerous theories to explain the origin of consciousness, from it being an intrinsic part of the brain to the brain being like a television aerial that picks up Universal Consciousness. But with a billion neurons and a subjective viewpoint, there may be another, equally valid theory of origin. |
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Irsonos - Towards A Quantum Language Of Non-Differentiation (Aug 2004) Natural human languages entail a level of differentiation from the reality of events described and the nature of our quantum Unvierse. This is hard-wired into language at the cognitive level, along with a 'stop-motion' interpretation of events. What form might a constructed language take if it lacked such forms of 'differentiation'? |
