Bruce Charlton's Notions

The idea that what we think, believe, do; ought-to-be derived from some external authority - which is, in practice, always some institution...

Even Silly Wizard could not look stylish when posed in the family front room with seventies decor  Continuing today's musical theme with...

King of the Road, written and performed by Roger Miller, 1965 Trailer for sale or rent  Rooms to let, 50 cents  No phone, no pool, no pets. ...

Why is entropy inevitable, unavoidable in this mortal incarnate life? The answer is because, in this transitional phase between a purely-sp...

The mainstream and official modern view about death is that it is the complete annihilation of the person, after which nothing of that perso...

Similar to, but not the same as, my radio circa 1972 There was a magic to analogue technology, that is objectively absent from the digital. ...

I have read a great deal of modern pagan and/or neo-pagan writings; and have some acquaintance with such people. Indeed at one time, for sev...

The terminology of totalitarian evil takes many forms; one aim of which is to enmesh our consciousness in word-spells conducive to the evil ...

I have often wondered why - despite three decades of the internet; "global leaders" have so many in-person, face-to-face conferen...

I came across the notion that "Writing is thinking" from post-Jungian psychologist James Hillman - in the mid 1980s; and the poten...

PSYOPS are regarded as top-down mass psychological/ sociological manipulations; and they are all evil by nature; because they are not moti...

Just as in the 2020  Birdemic  - when utterly wild and deeply ignorant claims of lethal-danger emanating from serial manipulators and liars;...

If you agree that the primary unit of reality is Beings, then there are no "causes".  If beings are the reality, then the first st...

Altruism - helping others, especially at the expense of oneself - is widely regarded as the highest human value.  This is especially on the...

I was re-reading the Introduction I wrote for the second edition of William Arkle's A Geography of Consciousness  (2019).  In this writi...

There is some kind of a consensus - especially among Christians - that Western Civilization is ending, and that this multi-stage collapse is...

Our creator is a loving God, and the divine creation is "built" with love; so to be on the side* of Good is to live from love.  A ...

If you really believe that you personally are free, and you are a Christian; it follows that You Are Responsible.  You are not a communal b...

The main reason why most would-be deep discussion (as well as superficial argument) is a waste is... Metaphysics.  Metaphysics is our fundam...

While I still get intermittent great pleasure from music (as evidenced by my occasional postings here ) there has certainly been a tremendou...

The book in which Garner decisively began to react-against Tolkien I discuss Alan Garner's work in term of his Anxiety of Influence wit...