I wonder how similar animism and panpsychism is. There is some challenge to the idea that matter and mind are separate in the notion of quantum entang...
Your point about whether myth is like Plato's realm of ideas is interesting because it does raise the question of another realm, of archetypes. These ...
I am sure that you are correct to suggest that how people live and social organisations of power have a significant role. In particular, the patriarch...
I would be glad if your deadline suggestions were agreed. I am really uncertain to choose 1 or more favourites yet. I know that we have a few more day...
I do see what you mean about your own praise for the story meaning you aren't the likely author! I try to avoid too much reading of other reviews when...
I was just rather surprised that the favourites thread hasn't appeared at all and the one on authorial speculation has been going for a few days. I ex...
Do you mean are people going to verify whether they were the authors? I thought that this was going to be after the favourites were selected. I am hop...
I really like the picture. It makes me wish to have illustrated my own. I find the merging of writing and art work together in such a complementary wa...
I do agree that religious perspectives are more inclined to looking within. Putting it together with life in the outer world is where it gets messy. U...
It is definitely true that a lot of religious beliefs have been a factor of toxicity, especially in the development of war. But, this may something ab...
Yes, the contrast between logos and mythos is an area discussed in previous threads. The problem which I see is if people treat mythos as though it we...
I will explore Seyedd Hossain because I haven't come across him. It does seem that we have read some of the same authors, Huston Smith, Gary Lachman, ...
I enjoyed this one and thought that the extreme clarity in writing helped. It made it an easy read and there was the right balance of narrative and de...
I found it interesting to read as it extremely well written. I got a bit confused over the references to 'surgery'. This may have been the sci-fi elem...
It is very well written, enticing the reader to to enter the narrative worldview. The character of Greta I find intriguing. There is a good balance be...
I like the immediacy of this piece, including the problems with an Amazon account. This is a helpful way of introducing the narrator's inner world, an...
You point out some important details highlighted by @Noble Dust, which could be overlooked. There is so much in this short story which needs to be pon...
It is a good story, with a lot of attention to detail and showing rather than attention. I wonder about it as a short story or whether it could be dev...
The character here may be so frustrating and weak. The narrator is locked into a broken solipiticism, in which he can barely see the perspective of th...
I like this story for its transportation to the narcissistic world of a naked body. It draws upon postmodernism, but with an area for potential questi...
The issues of ideologies in relation to myth is a good question. That is especially in relation to 'a kind of wasteland of shattered of shattered or d...
The question, or issue, may also be about what is an explanation, which may be answered so differently. It could come down to a 'supernatural deity', ...
The concept of 'God' or ''gods' is interesting. It is worth considering to what extent it represents 'a higher reality' as such, or a tool in human un...
I am sure that the issue of hows and whys of religious thinking have been explored on so many threads. One major aspect may the psychology of religion...
You ask why you to come up with categories. It is probably because you have always been an important lead in the reviewing process. I am not saying it...
Everyone probably comes from a unique set of circumstances and any feedback may be appreciated. Having gone too fast one time, I don't wish to become ...
I did just add a PS to my post. But, I am glad that you appreciate the way in which guesses may colour our approaches. Of course, we have had enough c...
We have one interesting discrepancy over 'The Perfect Match' as being by Amity or U Carr. I was also wondering if it was by Vera Mont. And, of course,...
Yes, I have glanced at a lot and I am impressed by this set. I have written some brief comments in a few so far. But I want to spend some time reading...
It is not that I don't appreciate your position of moral naturalism. As far as the relationship between ethics and religion (including esotericism) th...
j It is intense drama about the way in which hidden motives hide behind the apparent issues. It reminds me of the difficulties of risk assessment when...
I like the gothic feel but agree that more words, for detail may help to bring it forward in a starker way. The character of Olga is worthwhile and ce...
I agree that the story was well-written, as to keep me going when it I struggle with reading a story of such length on a screen.The sectioning of it h...
It is interesting to wonder what a squeal represents, whether it is a cry of pain or pleasure, or even ambiguity of the two. The story looks at ambigu...
I think that the fixed threads have been changed and this may give a more fluid nature to the 'activity'. Of course, some threads may be at the 'top' ...
It is true that perfectionism is more about salvation, whereas ethics is about social action. With esotericism, I wonder to what extent it is focused ...
Thank you for your post, as it does seem that you have read widely on the topic of the idea of the middle way. Some popular authors may have presented...
I am avoiding getting in much discussion here. I do think that the change to fixed positions is unfair because when I looked at the list those which a...
The Buddha, like Jesus Christ, are figures of certain ideals. So much would have been different completely if their ideas had been written by them as ...
The 'middle way' can be seen as the tension between opposites, of ideas of 'good' and and 'evil'. It may be more of a symbolic concept because it may ...
One relevant book which is useful in thinking about wholeness is, 'The Wisdom of Imperfection', by Rob Reece. He links Bufdhism and its idea of enligh...
The concept of compassion may not be straightforward. That is because it involves moral feelings as well as ethical ideals. Part of the dilemma may in...
One argument which I found important is James Hillman's idea that the idea of suicide is related to a wish for transformation. Having experienced suic...
Thanks for your reply and it does seem to involve the ambiguity over ideas of good and evil. Of course, the Buddha was writing prior to ideas of Nietz...
We are all going to die and be dead for eternity. The question is whether to speed it up or wait until death comes of it's own accord. The difference ...
I wish to add that ideas of Buddhist ethics have been introduced into concerns about the future, such as in EF Schumacher's 'Small is Beautiful'. This...
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