Christianity’s Next Reformation — Part 2, John Shelby Spong, Introduction This is the third article in what will probably be a long series inspired by an article by Keith Michael. In the introduction I separated those who seek a new Reformation of Christianity into three groups: those who seek a…

Christianity’s Next Reformation — Part 1, What’s Wrong with Christianity? This follows on from an introduction, which you may want to read before proceeding. I was inspired to write it following the appearance of an article by Keith Michael. …

Meaning and Suffering: Nietzsche and Jung This is a follow-up to my previous article in which I criticised a quote from Yuval Noah Harari which concluded “any meaning that people inscribe to their lives is just a delusion”. My reason for doing a follow-up is that since then I have…

The Ongoing Battle Against So-Called ‘Science’ This is a return to a familiar theme of mine, that there is meaning to human life, and indeed the universe¹. I recently came across a quote from Yuval Noah Harari in a Medium article by Gereon Wellman²: “As far as we can tell…

The Journey into the Unconscious — Part 2, R.D. Laing This is part of a series inspired by Carl Jung’s ‘Confrontation with the Unconscious’. It follows on from an introduction, and part 1 where I examined this inner journey in detail. Here I’ll discuss the relevance of the ideas of…

The Journey into the Unconscious — Part 1, Carl Jung’s Creative Madness “Our modern democratic age has manufactured a personal spirituality to meet everyone’s needs which is absolutely guaranteed to be calm, sweet, peaceful, polite, positive, comfortable, reassuring, unthreatening… But this happens to be almost the exact opposite of the…

Christianity’s Next Reformation This is the introduction to a potentially long series of articles on this theme, as it is a subject of great interest to me. In the past I’ve written articles with the title ‘Why Christianity Must Change or Die’, inspired by Bishop John Shelby Spong’s book of…

The Journey into the Unconscious — Introduction “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for you are with me”. (Psalm 23 v4) ===================================== This is the beginning of a series of articles exploring the theme of the inner psychological journey. …

An Idealist Understanding of Consciousness This is primarily a response to a recent article on Medium by the philosopher Paul Austin Murphy, although the ideas may be of interest to others. He has taken against the idealist philosopher Bernardo Kastrup; he has devoted five articles to criticising him in recent…