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Noah’s Rainbow
Noah’s Rainbow: The Development of Human Intellect and Compassion The first book of the Bible, Genesis, recounts the mythic stories of some of our earliest human ancestors. The name Genesis literally… more →
What song the Sirens sang . . .
Our Axis Age (Or A Decent Jedi Metaphor)
wrote 1 week ago: I feel as though we’re going through an another axis age. It seems like every so often, perhap … more →
Two new posts: Political Theology and Philosophers for Change
wrote 2 months ago: Some more shameless self-promotion: a couple of pieces of mine have found their way onto other sites … more →
being a spectator to the mathematization of history
wrote 2 months ago: For whatever reasons, we tend to think of societal studies as not so much varieties of science as me … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Reblogged from Grand Strategy: The View from Oregon: Wednesday It is rare for a philosopher to have … more →
Abstraction and the 'axial' age
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wrote 3 months ago: Eventually I had to deal with the infernal ‘axial’ age in my treatment of the sacred eco … more →
Medieval and Industrial Civilization: Developmental Parallels
wrote 4 months ago: Saturday To compare medieval civilization and industrial civilization may be a bit like comparing ap … more →
A Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winner: how we came to think the way we do
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wrote 6 months ago: A review of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen Greenblatt @@@@ (4 out of 5) When a … more →
In the Shadow of Civilization
wrote 7 months ago: Friday Submerged Civilizations: another species An early modern depiction of a Viking temple from th … more →
On Life's Truly Religious Moments
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wrote 10 months ago: I don’t know about you, but in my case hospital stays tend to turn guardedly hopeful sta … more →
The Z-Curve of Human Egalitarianism
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wrote 1 year ago: As I wrote in yesterday’s blog, Robert Bellah’s Religion in Human Evolution is a complex book that a … more →
Ian Morris: Why the West Rules...
wrote 1 year ago: If you were to pick up Ian Morris’s Why the West Rules—For Now, you would probably be wonderin … more →
Axialization and Institutionalization
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wrote 1 year ago: Thursday In several posts I have suggested a generalization of Karl Jaspers idea of an “Axial … more →
A Shorter History of Myth
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wrote 1 year ago: A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong My rating: 3 of 5 stars Karen Armstrong attempts to take … more →
"Humanity's Intercolonial Contact with Involutionary Entities" by Alex Rachel
wrote 1 year ago: 37.774929 -122.419415 … more →
Foundation
wrote 2 years ago: Intro. This post sets out simply to juggle a couple concepts that make up a third. A … more →
Metaphysical Story Outlines
wrote 2 years ago: Preambles (1) Socrates at Delphi. Did it all begin, i.e. the West’s odyssey proper, in t … more →
Hinduism Hot and Cool
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wrote 2 years ago: A moment ago we heard what is one of the most famous stories coming from the Hindu scriptures known … more →
The Strain Toward Transcendence: Axial Age Values
wrote 2 years ago: In the span of just a few short centuries, between roughly 750-350 BCE, human society in Europe and … more →
Collective Consciousness and Compassion
wrote 3 years ago: Compassion was the first round of global awakening. Collective intelligence is emerging as the secon … more →
