Notes on the Mysterium Tremendum

A collection of thoughts on the universe and everyday happenings covering a broad range from animals, words, dreaming, memory, synchronicity and the solar system to idealism, elsewhere, quantum entanglement, promises and cranial houses.

From Monkey to Moth: an imaginal evolution

A critique of materialism as both a way of life, and also as a scientific paradigm which has given rise to a severed state in which on one side we are lonely phantoms or a 'hallucination,' and on the other is the only reality - a howling waste of blind forces, rampant libido and total stupidity. A way for humanity to overcome this predicament is to remove rational, patriarchal control and re-balance it with feminine values of intuition, imagination, aesthetics, a cooperative society and a holistic world view.

The Lantern in the Skull - Consciousness and Marginal Zones of the Extraordinary

Published in N.Z. by Attar Books and a finalist in both the US Indie Awards 2020 and Aston Wylie literary awards 2020.

Each of us is a conscious individual living in the world. Most daily experiences are predictable and humdrum. Occasionally we have a deliciously or shockingly intense experience. Very occasionally we have a profound experience that leads us to change our life. Then there are marginal experiences so bizarre we have difficulty understanding what occurred. The Lantern in the Skull explores a selection of these unsettling yet intriguing experiences.

While Hearts Count Our Forevers

Published by Disjunct Books 2025.

An historical novel comprising three novellas, two set in mid 17th century Europe and involving the philospher Rene Descartes and writer/philosopher Margaret Cavendish. The third story is set in Jena, Germany, dramatising the love between philospher Friedrich Schelling and the polymath Caroline Schlegel.