construction.
"We have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire."
Kofi A. Annuan, from his speech on accepting the Noble Peace Prize, 2001
(whatever you do, don't laugh ... this is all very very serious)
Visit my video archives where links to my current work on YouTube can be found. These concern multiple theme of various kinds. There are nearly 100 videos presently there.
the following books can be read for free on this website, or bought at the book store indicated next below(some, for various reasons, are only partially present)Hermit's Weblog: everything your mother never told you about how the world really works. The link here is to the blog.
Free Reading!
Uncommon Sense: the Degeneration and the Redemption of Political Life in America {concerns the failure of both parties to protect the Republic, and how through Citizen Governance We the People can move our public life forward by considering a 2nd Declaration of Independence and the creation of a new Constitution }
the Way of the Fool: the conscious development of our human character, and the future* of Christianity, both to be born out of the natural union of Faith and Gnosis {A reconsideration of the meaning of Christian practice for the future, based upon recognizing that beliefs alone (without actually following the Teachings of Christ), disable us from really understanding ourselves, our lives, the teachings, the Incarnation or the times in which we live. The Second Coming has already happened in the Ethereal World, the nearest spiritual world, one in which we already participate in our moral thinking, via a Second Eucharist. In this book one will be led to proving this for themselves.}
American Anthroposophy {an effort to extend further the work of Rudolf Steiner, albeit within the context of a different characteristic (American) soul-life, than the European soul-life he mostly taught}
Dangerous Anthroposophy { a collection of critical essays about the anthroposophical society and movement, as well as early works developing a new (spiritual) science of the social }
Bicycles {A sad child is visited by an Angel on Christmas eve ... the book version below has the story and a lot of empty pages, so that the child to whom the book is read can create their own pictures and draw them right in and around the text}
The Natural Christian: the world is full of people whose heart is Christian through and through, but who cannot, with good justification, grant themselves this name, for that name has been stolen by others
Seven Dates: erotica transcending {an attempt to place Eros in it proper relation to other forms of Love, by encouraging couples to read this book together, so that they can, through conversation, increase their understanding of their shared intimacy (because of the explicit content of the Seven Dates - the Tales - only the introduction and the essay in the appendix: The Redemption of Eros, can be found here) }
Biographical Necessity {an intimate examination of my own "spiritual" biography}
On the Nature of Public Life is a collection of older essays on politics and social existence (except for a couple original to the book) that also can be found elsewhere on this website
New Wine: foundational essays out of a Science of the Spirit, in support of the coming living metamorphosis of Christianity
Silent Passage: a partial collection of the prose-poems of EarlyFire, aka: Harvey Bornfield (for which I am the editor).
Living Thinking in Action: two essays bundled in a small booklet (the Meaning of Earth Existence in the Age of the Consciousness Soul; and, In Joyous Celebration of the Soul Art and Music of Discipleship) Both essays are also found in American Anthroposophy; the Way of the Fool; and, New Wine.
The Misperception of Cosmic Space as Appears in the Ideas of Modern Astronomy: and as contained in the understandable limited thinking regarding the nature of parallax (a small booklet of this essay, which is contained in New Wine).
Counter-Moves: Finding victory in the war the rich are making upon the poor (also contained in the appendix to Uncommon Sense).
American Phoenix: a partially complete novel: politics, end times, scifi and magic combined.
the Shadow: a collection of materials from differert places in my writings, but only on the theme of the shadow or the threefold double-complex
newer single essays
- most recent at the top -
Catherine MacCoun and her book: On Becoming an Alchemist: a guide for the modern magician (a sort of book review)
Barack Obama and the reality of the anti-Christ spirit - what might happen if you begin to insert reason into Christian discourse, on questions of public life -
Sam Harris and humanity's moral future (a reply to Sam Harris' recent stage presentation at the 2010 TED conference. Here is the Youtube link to that talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww )
The Coming Metamorphosis of Christianity (introduction to a new set of video themes)
Healing the Insanity of Psychiatric Medicines and Practice (included in the book New Wine): an overview look at certain underlying problems in the fundamental institutional thinking in that aspect of our social life related to so-called mental illnesses.
Does God Exist? - a wizard's point of view - A look at some of the underlying (and overlooked) questions in the debate over evolution between religion and science.
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(links below are to the individual book page, where can be found a link to a ten page preview of that book)
Uncommon Sense*: The Degeneration, and the Redemption, of Political Life in America
the Way of the Fool: the conscious development of our human character, and the future* of Christianity - both to be born out of the natural union of Faith and Gnosis
American Anthroposophy: a celebration of the American Soul's unique ability to contribute to the future of Anthroposophy and to the future of world culture. [The recent issue of Anthroposophy Worldwide contain a slightly edited letter, written by me. I was quite happy it was printed, but also thought that those who read my work should have an opportunity to read the original, which was intentionally carefully nuanced.]
Dangerous Anthroposophy: a collection of essays on and about Anthroposophy, and about the anthroposophyical movement and society }
Bicycles: a children's Christmas Story that is also for adults
The Natural Christian: the world is full of people whose heart is Christian through and through, but who cannot, with good justification, grant themselves this name, for that name has been stolen by others
Seven Dates: erotica transcending: a new look at erotica and human sexuality
Biographical Necessity: confessions of a social philosopher and occasional fool
On the Nature of Public Life: The Soul of a People, the Spirit of a Nation, and the Sacrifices of its Leaders.
Hermits Weblog: everything your mother never told you about how the world actually works. (the content of my written blog in book form - which is now discontinued - from 2002 to 2006. Link to the newer video blog is found below.)
New Wine: foundational essays out of a Science of the Spirit, in support of the coming living metamorphosis of Christianity {New Wine contains a very unusual essay. Living Thinking is participatory, that is we are not alone in its action, but have company as it were. Holy Breath (the wind) blows on the wings of the soul, taking our pure thinking to heights it cannot go on its own. The title of this essay is: The Misperception of Cosmic Space as Appears in the Ideas of Modern Astronomy: and as contained in the understandable limited thinking regarding the nature of parallax and redshift} Keep in mind that one can read this essay for free following the link below to New Wine on my website.
Silent Passage: the prose-poems of EarlyFire, aka: Harvey Bornfield.
Living Thinking in Action: two essays bundled in a small booklet (the Meaning of Earth Existence in the Age of the Consciousness Soul; and, In Joyous Celebration of the Soul Art and Music of Discipleship) Both essays are found in American Anthroposophy; the Way of the Fool; and, New Wine.
The Misperception of Cosmic Space as Appears in the Ideas of Modern Astronomy: and as contained in the understandable limited thinking regarding the nature of parallax (a small booklet of this essay).
Counter-Moves: Finding victory in the war the rich are making upon the poor.
American Phoenix: a partially complete novel: politics, end times, scifi and magic combined.
The Shadow a collection of materials from differert places in my writings, but only on the theme of the shadow or the threefold double-complex
Newer Anthroposophical Materials
The Conscious Death, and the Resurrection, of the General Anthroposophical Society. material in support of a rebirth of the Anthroposophical Society should the members and friends have an interest.
General Renewal - or illusion - of the Anthroposophical Society. A lecture by Harald Giersch, given in Germany, in January 2005 (the existence of which I was only made aware of in January 2010). In August of 2005, at the final Plenum of the Ann Arbor Conference, I made three wishes. The first was that the Vorstand produce a genuine history of the Anthoposophical Society for the 20th Century. Little did I know that 7 months before, a single individual (H. Giersch) had filled in a number of very significant missing details, which I knew had to be missing, but had no way on my own to discover or fashion. Among other matters this lecture concerns itself with the fact that Rudolf Steiner had himself on many occasions pointed out even before his death that the Christmas Conference had failed. Knowledge of this is being ignored or suppressed. In either case it is now clear (with this lecture by Giersch) that what is promoted about the Christmas Conference by the Vorstand out of Dornach regarding that Event is completely untrue. A major falsehood exists at the center of our work as members of the Anthroposophical Society and it is time for members to wake up to this and insist this fabrication end. All that said, I have not totally agreed with Giersch's presentation, and a link to my commentary on that question will be found at the end of this lecture.
Saving Anthroposophy: from the anthroposophical society and movement. An essay on the fundamental nature of Anthroposophy as a response to the problem of knowledge, which is the common-to-all spiritual/psychological fault line of our Age.
A commentary on Scott E. Hicks' remarkable essay: Spiritual Beings Dwell in the Ground of Propositions: Brentano, Husserl, and Steiner on the content of thought.
A book review of Prokofieff's Anthroposphy and The Philosophy of Freedom - he doesn't know the book The Philosophy of Freedom, although he does have a mostly incorrect theory of it. That and related problems are discussed in this book review.
older anthroposophical materials
Dangerous Anthroposophy - the details (was Outlaw (rebel) Anthroposophy) - my esssay-like writings on or about the anthroposophical movement, as in the end it is to Rudolf Steiner that I owe my principle and pragmatic understandings of the nature of Mind.
Important material on money, from Richard Kotlarz: Follow this link.
Introducing Barbara Gardner: Barbara is a Scottish visionary thinker, very interested in social life, especially politics and economics. Here is an outstanding, though small, book of her's Aesthetics of Economics and The Scottish Masonic Tradition and, a remarkable essay that won an award in Scotland: The Constitutional Question: Conscience Politics
Work hopefully leading to the foundation of a New Concord School of Philosophy { aimed at reviving the Transcendentalist Impulse, or Transcendentalism Comes of Age }
Introducing Stephen Clarke: Stephen hides his talent under a basket. [Not any more - I now have his work on this website: look here] His research in the Mysteries of the Americas is quite unique, and various essays can also be found by joining the AllOurRelations discussion list at YahooGroups. Once you have joined, then you can go to the files section where Stephen has hidden the essays maintained here, as well as a whole lot of other material. Here is a link to this discussion list.
a special collection of general political links and materials:
In Praise of the American Spirit
also
The Mysteries of the Social WorldStrange Fire: the Death, and the Resurrection, of Modern Civilization [Only 60%c completed, this book has been replaced by newer iterations on the themes of the same questions, one of which has been called: the Way of the Fool.
additional essays:
Basic Conceptions: fundamentals of a new social view
Civil Society: its potential and its mystery
Beyond Columbine: appreciating the patterns of social meaning hidden in the Columbine tragedy
The Coming Collapse - civilization at the brink
a small meditation on the spiritual path pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson, including a report of some practical applications - this was an address given on the occasion of the 200th aniversary of Emerson's birth, at the Concord School of Philosophy - May 25th, 2003, under the auspices of the Center for America Studies at Concord MA.
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