Bruce Charlton's Notions

Friday, 16 January 2026

I am the way, the truth and the light... (Explained)

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John 14: [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also....
Thursday, 15 January 2026

Becoming a Christian is not the answer

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People seem to think that becoming a Christian is an answer: the answer.  They think; if they can only become the right kind of Christian -...
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Wednesday, 14 January 2026

The artistic genius of Buddy Christ

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It is possible some of my readers do not know that remarkably... memorable image of our Saviour " Buddy Christ " - which was a bri...
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Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Symbolic leaders: able, drooling, or crazy puppets

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We know (ought, by now, to realize) that our leaders are puppets - but not all the same kind of puppet.  The point is distraction - to have...
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Monday, 12 January 2026

The lasting influence of alchemical thinking on mainstream modern ideology

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[The aim of alchemy was] to hasten the ... processes of nature by precipitating matter through stages of decay and decomposition into a new ...
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Sunday, 11 January 2026

Why is seven *the* magical/ mystical/ mythical number? Geoffrey Ashe's answer...

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I have previously written about the strange way that things fall into sevens ; but it is also well known that seven is usually primary in a ...
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Saturday, 10 January 2026

The "magical scientist": Ceremonial Magic and Science

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From the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game I am re-reading Wizards: a history , by Peter G Maxwell-Stuart (2004); and reflecting on the use of ceremonial...
Friday, 9 January 2026

Sorting the results of three decades of publishing hypergraphia

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It was in the middle 1980s that I began to publish scientific papers and publish them in professional journals. And this activity naturally ...
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Thursday, 8 January 2026

Why do people still have faith in inverted institutions? (Such as churches?)

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Why do people still have faith in inverted institutions? Why, that is, do people still assume - and live on the basis that - institutions/ o...
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Wednesday, 7 January 2026

A Messiah could make no significant difference - leaves the problems of Life untouched

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There has usually been, and commonly, a yearning for a Messiah - a deliverer or saviour of a people or the world.  The deep problem is not ...
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Monday, 5 January 2026

Why "AI" is qualitatively worse than the internet/ social media/ smartphones

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People apparently have difficulty understanding (or explaining to themselves) just why post-November 2022 "AI" is qualitatively wo...
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Evil? Don't let it into the heart. If evil is already inside, then label it as evil

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The problem with the most prevalent forms of mainstream, normal evil - such as the Litmus Test issues - is that they are invited into the h...
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Sunday, 4 January 2026

Is there any positive value to debating "AI"?

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I have long been sceptical about the benefits of arguing ; because the result of any significant argument is settled in advance by fundament...
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Friday, 2 January 2026

High- and Low-level functionality; Totalitarian control versus Chaos

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If I am correct that the ruling class are divided between - on the one side - totalitarian bureaucrats with the aim of omni-surveillance and...
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Thursday, 1 January 2026

My traditional anti- "New Year" post!

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A message for all my loyal readers: Pinch Punch First of the Month!  (No returns.) It's really no big deal in the scheme of things, a sy...
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Monday, 29 December 2025

Natural psychism - what kind of a thing is it?

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A significant minority of people are, and more claim to be, naturally psychic - spontaneously in touch with the occult world of spirits.  Th...
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Sunday, 28 December 2025

"A chain of loving relationships" - How Christians may help those they love to get to Heaven

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I am impressed and convinced by the way that the Fourth Gospel always describes Jesus's love in terms of specific and inter-personal lo...
Saturday, 27 December 2025

"AI"-Christianity and other unfortunate predictions for 2026...

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My prediction for 2026 is that "AI" will continue to subvert self-identified Christians (as well as everybody else); in particular...
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"Cool" has replaced necessary functionality

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Because we live in a materialist and incoherent society; from the nihilistic despair of which we crave temporary alleviation - we are contin...
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Friday, 26 December 2025

Sauron-Saruman: Why did Tolkien make his two main villains have such similar-reading names?

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I often got confused during my very first reading of The Lord of the Rings, because I was mixing-up Sauron with Saruman.  So how was it that...
Thursday, 25 December 2025

Merry Christmas Day - Coventry Carol by Maddy Prior

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The Massacre of the Innocents , by Pieter Breughel the Elder; this is the subject matter of the Coventry Carol  Many people's favourite ...
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