By David Gosselin The question has been raised by many critics, academics, scientists, and artists, “What is Creativity?” In the spring of 1819, the poet John Keats experienced one of the greatest bursts of creativity in the history of art and science. When fully considered, the astounding poetic achievements of the spring of 1819 parallel…
Tag: Universal History
How China’s Gorbachev Was Flushed in 1989
Today, many citizens across the western world have become highly susceptible to the many narratives that attempt to paint the cause of all of our woes on China. This modern supervillain, we are told, has long plotted to impose its imperial will upon all nations of the world starting with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet and…
Lecture and Preview: Reclaiming the Mysteries with David Gosselin
The Rising Tide Foundation hosts special guest David Gosselin who showcased a teaser trailer of his upcoming film ‘Reclaiming the Mysteries’ followed by an interactive dialogue. This presentation aims to shed light on the ancient battle over the concept of ‘the Mysteries’… What should this word mean? Who should it benefit? Is the realm of…
Geoffrey Chaucer and the Last Knight in England
Gerald Therrien sheds light on the real Geoffrey Chaucer as an epistemological warrior who used the power of the pen to shape entire kingdoms, subvert the growth of the Feudal Norman Barons and corrupting romanticism while also forming the english language. Watch Gerald Therrien’s accompanying lectures here: In Defense of King Arthur • In Defence of King Arthur [Gerald Therrien… Marlowe vs….
Simon the Sorcerer and the Birth of Gnosticism
Part four of Augustine vs the Empire series By Matthew Ehret In this fourth installment of this series, we will explore the emergence of a new strategy of warfare against early Christianity. While efforts to destroy the new movement through fire, lions, and direct persecution failed, a more insidious tactic of infiltration via Gnostic cults…
As Rome Goes Dark, Christianity Emerges onto the Stage of History
Part 3 of the Augustine vs Empire series By Matthew Ehret In the last installment of this series, you were introduced to the dominant mystery cults of the Persian and earlier Babylonian Empire that seeded themselves into Athens, and Roman territories transforming each civilization into Marcher Lords of a very ancient evil. In this third installment, we…
The Origins of the Roman Empire… the Mystery Cults Migrate to a New Host
Episode two of Augustine vs the Empire By Matthew Ehret In the previous installment of this series, you were introduced to the story of Rome’s moral decay from a republic into an evil empire, and the battle which St. Augustine of Hippo engaged in during the last phases of the western Roman Empire’s meltdown. That exploration…
From the Mali Empire to the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) Foreseen by Cheikh Anta Diop
By Nicholas Jones “The historical mission of West Africa to a large extent consists in taking advantage of the facilities history has given it; to lose no time in becoming a powerful federated state, capable of freeing the rest of the continent by force if need be, rather than continuing indefinitely in weakness, divisiveness and…
The Ancient Celts & Ramayana
By Raj Vedam Ramayana is well-known all over India, and its impact is seen in ancient and popular culture spread across south-east Asia, including Japan, China and Mongolia. I often state the incongruity of Indian culture spreading only to its east, but not to its west — as asserted by Western historians. Several attempts have…
St Augustine’s City of God and the Arc of Universal History
By Matthew Ehret “Do not be conformed by this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing, you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect” -Paul’s Letter to Romans “It is by application to great problems that small men are frequently turned…