By David Gosselin They are playing a game. They are playing at notplaying a game. If I show them I see they are, Ishall break the rules and they will punish me.I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game. Knots – R.D. Laing (Psychiatrist and Tavistock Insitute resident) In the 1950s and 60s, R.D. Laing,…
Category: Psychology
The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs Episode 1: Lifting the Esoteric Veil
In this first episode of the new 8 part series ‘The Hidden Hand Behind UFOs’ produced by the Canadian Patriot Review and co-created by Cynthia Chung and Matthew Ehret and edited by Jason Dahl, the ancient mystery religions of the pre-Christian world are introduced in order to set the stage for the growth of the…
Escaping Paradise: Huxley’s Island and the Food of the Gods?
By David Gosselin (originally published on The Age of the Muses) “If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.” ― Aldous Huxley Parting with our illusions is never easy. We love them as though they were the real thing. Indeed, the power of…
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
By Cynthia Chung What say of it? what say CONSCIENCE grim, That spectre in my path? – Chamberlayne’s Pharonnida There has always been a fascination with “horror” since time immemorial, such that much of what functions to thrill us today is not much different from the sort of folk tales told hundreds if not thousands…
Schiller’s Ghost Seer, Intelligence Methods and a Global Citizenry
A Study of Schiller’s The Ghost Seer By Cynthia Chung [The audio version of this article can be listened to here.] The Ghost Seer first appeared in several instalments in Schiller’s publication journal Thalia from 1787 to 1789, and was later published as a three-volume book. It was one of the most popular works of…
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) and the Mask of the Twentieth Century
By David Gosselin [Originally published on The Age of the Muses] “BUT for the cruel aspersions upon the character and life of America’s poetic genius, EDGAR ALLAN POE, this volume would have remained unwritten. EDGAR ALLAN POE has been more misunderstood than any other poet of the recent past. While his life was beautiful and…
Is Philosophy Relevant in the Age of Science?
In this interview on Zain Khan Live, The Rising Tide Foundation’s Matthew Ehret, and renowned Pakistani philosopher Abdul Manan explore the relationship of philosophy and science with a focus on the figures of Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Bertrand Russell. How do these popular philosophers fail to bridge the gap separating these two worlds? Are…
Philosophy, Food for the Living Soul or algorithmic matrix for bio-machines?
The Rising Tide Foundation was happy to present Dr Quan Le who delivered a two part interactive lecture on the topic of philosophy, epistemology and the use/misuse of logic. Dr Le outlined the purpose of his presentations with the following introductory remarks which are followed by his two part lecture series We just read Kepler’s…
The Everlasting Civilization
By Dr. Quan Le I would like to offer some of my musings on Universal History- More precisely on the theoretical possibility of an everlasting civilization. That idea is in total contradiction with the meditations by the illustrious French author & poet Paul Valéry (1871-1945) having written in “La Crise de l’Esprit” (The Crisis of…
Romeo and Juliet: “It was just that the time was wrong”
By Boniface One of Dire Straits greatest hits was their song Romeo and Juliet. It takes a seemingly normal view of the Shakespeare tragedy, that it is the greatest love story of all time. But it does have one line that is good: Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start And I bet, when you…