Do Cats Reincarnate? This is a brief digression from the themes of my two current series. I have been contemplating sharing this anecdote on Medium for some time, but have been reluctant, because on the whole I want to be taken seriously as a researcher and writer, and not appear…

Christianity’s Next Reformation — John Shelby Spong’s Ideas, part 4 This is the next article in what will be a long series (list so far), originally inspired by an article by Keith Michael. The general theme is what needs to be done to achieve a further Reformation of Christianity. I’m…

All Humans Are Naturally Religious I should perhaps have said ‘spiritual’ rather than ‘religious’, as that would perhaps have been less controversial. However, religion is the word used by the authors focussed on here. I am currently writing two long series of articles, ‘Journey into the Underworld’ which discusses themes…

The Journey into the Unconscious — Carl Jung and Shamanism, Part 1

Esoterica Magazine, and Should the Resurrection of Jesus Be Understood Literally or Allegorically? The magazine Esoterica: Contemporary Insights into the Ageless Wisdom has just been relaunched. I was lucky to be asked to contribute an article for the first issue. …

The Battle Against Darwinism This was once an ongoing theme of my writing on Medium, although I haven’t written anything recently. I thought therefore that I would create some lists of this old material for anyone interested, especially those who have started to follow me recently. My criticisms of Darwinism…

The Concept of No-Self in Buddhism I read a really interesting Medium article yesterday. Emmanuel says he has recently become interested in Buddhism, but that he has one big problem with it. Buddhism teaches that the self is an illusion but, as he asks in his title, ‘The self is…

The Journey into the Unconscious — Jung and Shamanism, Introduction

A New Mythology for Modern Times Some time ago, when I was relatively new to Medium, I wrote a long series of articles on the need for a new mythology to unite humanity, in an attempt to solve the world’s problems. These did not attract much attention, perhaps unsurprisingly as…