Sucking up to the boss: Trump as an Archetype
Jonathan Woolley, on Trump as the big-daddy boss archetype.
Veblen’s out of the box critique of Capitalism
The process of attaching Value to money, wages or financial transactions is normalized under the guise of logic, science, and truth. When, in reality, it’s a barbaric, savage or superstitious thing to do.
"This Is Not Normal!": Reflections on Trump, Capital, and Proletarian Animal Spirits
From George Caffentzis: There is very little 'abnormal' about this crisis of capital or Trump's policies.
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Encounters with the Inconceivable
For a child raised on alien parades, kitch and themed snacks, the brain will build into their map of reality inconceivable beings from unknown dimensions.
Of Other Worlds: The Linden Tree
It’s easy to see the linden as a holy tree, and indeed it is considered as such in different parts of Europe, particularly Eastern Europe, with many gods and goddesses being linked to it in some way.
Yoga as the Decolonial Attitude of the Human Body
For the Brits, whose form of exercise was laboring, digging holes, “playing with weapons” and so on, India must have been quite a sight.
Journeying to the Lost Self, Part 2
In knowing the true self, our fears and our repressed pains, we are able to move forward in the world stronger, with more of a resilient yet flexible metallurgy.
The Witches Briar - Folklore of the Dog Rose
Come fellow seeker, enter into the garden wild where mystery and wonder echo that which can be found in the wild landscape, a microcosm of it, if you will. Here the magic shimmers in the air, is held in the blooming flowers and carried in their scent, blowing gently on the breeze or perhaps heard in the singing of the birds and the buzzing of bees.
Oil trader, Gunvor, pleads guilty to a decade of corruption in the Amazon Region
Bribery schemes are responsible for devastating oil spills which destroy populated and ecologically fragile areas of the Amazon Forest, and for keeping Latin American countries dependent on fossil fuels and hostage to debt.
Journeying to the Lost Self, Part 1
Successful journeying is a combination of set and setting. Set being mind-set, and setting referring to the calmness and beauty of the physical environment.
‘Civil War’ Exposes the USA as Vincible
“The narrative the White Hose spouts, of US American exceptionalism, is not convincing anymore.”
The North American Bigfoot Center and Everyday Mystery
Maybe one day, generations of Americans will remember what the natives once practiced, that we are not omniscient, that there are mysteries and natural workings we may never understand the roots or the consequences of.
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
Yoko Ono still, in her nineties, largely manages to elude the trap of commodification.
We Grant Authoritarians Power by Fearing Authorship
Authoring is an Anarchist practice, because it requires and is an exercise in self-governance.