Philosophy

Several oil-on-oak-panel versions of The Massacre of the Innocents were painted by 16th-century Netherlandish painters Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Pieter Brueghel the Younger. The work translates the Biblical account of the Massacre [more…]

The Holly and the Ivy

21st December 2021 Going Postal 0

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

20th December 2021 Going Postal 0

You cannot have goodness, without God, the source of all Good; you cannot have Christianity without Christ

19th December 2021 Going Postal 0

While these statements might have seemed truisms a few decades ago, they need, I think, to be proclaimed anew. Weeks and weeks ago now, I told SB I was working on something about our present [more…]

Life

18th December 2021 Gmbd 0

If there was a time when there was no Life anywhere. In the whole Universe. Was there then a magic moment? Let’s say there was, for Earth. Earlier in time the very simplest things were [more…]

SHAMANISM and lessons from the past

30th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Firstly I would like to say that I am not a Shaman. And I do not claim to have any Mystical powers. There is no need to dress up in native costumes or howl at [more…]

Way Too Many People (Revised)

18th November 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

The prologue: I wrote this a couple of years ago. I have added one more reason why many could die (Democide) and updated the figures. At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population [more…]

A Postcard From Tintern Abbey

17th November 2021 Going Postal 0

Tintern Abbey (or Abaty Tyndryn if you speak Welsh) was founded on 9th May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is located near the border between Wales and England (Gloucestershire) on the [more…]