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.