Cyberpunk emerged as both a literary movement and philosophical intervention in early 1980s America, crystallizing anxieties about technology, consciousness, and corporate power into a...
News in brief — 10 October 2025
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) extinct,...
The Age of Overwhelm
The feeling is now familiar, a low-grade hum of anxiety that accompanies the morning scroll. A headline announces another record-shattering heatwave,...
Summary
This essay undertakes a comprehensive comparison and contrast of Shamanism and Panpsychism, two distinct yet conceptually resonant frameworks concerning the nature of mind and...
The African philosophical concept of Ubuntu—"I am because we are"—captures this relational dimension of human flourishing. Desmond Tutu explained Ubuntu as opposite to Descartes'...
Introduction: The Universal Guide
Across the vast and varied tapestry of human culture, few figures are as persistent or as profound as the psychopomp. This...
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The story of Michael and Sandra Harner in the history and development of core shamanism, the universal, near universal, and common practices of shamanism...
"Because it is not an organized religion as such, but rather a spiritual practice, shamanism cuts across all faiths and creeds, reaching deep levels...