Bruce Charlton's Notions

Galadriel - a face you would never tire of slapping... I have watched the first three episodes of Amazon's Rings of Power pseudo-Tolkie...

In the space of a few days; England has gone from a bad Prime Minister and Monarch to another that is considerably worse - indeed, the new P...

My impression is that those who resist the demonic agendas of either totalitarianism or chaos, are nearly all engaged in negative, defensive...

There is a common metaphysical assumption (and described mystical or intuitive experience) of an original state of oneness.  I would disting...

The only good magic is Christian magic - i.e. rooted in Christianity and arising from it; but I have often said that traditional 'ritua...

The history of philosophy from the Ancient Greeks until now has mostly been an oscillation between - or attempt to find a middle-way, a comp...

It used to be a common moral fallacy that the end justifies the means; in other words, that which is (allegedly) aimed-at, justifies evil ac...

Although it was obvious to Men of the past ; it is not always (or usually) at all clear to modern Man just exactly why this mortal life is n...

From Applied Magic , by Dion Fortune   One cannot divide magic into white and black by a clear-cut dividing line; there is what may be descr...

Since anybody can become a Christian in an instant, nothing he does can ever sabotage irretreivably that decision, and cannot be compelled t...

I recently posted a link to an episode of Pipkins in which the anti-hero Hartley Hare uses a Mr Punch -like glove-puppet called Mike in ord...

The nature of our situation is that The System - which, albeit with ever-decreasing effectiveness - keeps alive the unprecedented world popu...

By my understanding, God has not withdrawn his presence from Modern Man - but Modern Man's minds is now closed from spontaneous and unco...

The development of human consciousness means that strategies that once were (overall) directed towards Good, have now become net-harmful. Wi...

The prolific author Gareth Knight (a pen name of Basil Wilby) died recently at the age of 91; and this was one of his earlier books. I foun...

Some people were woken-up and started to learn by means of the events of 2020 - but mostly not.  For most people, life continues as before, ...

It is a dislocating experience to discover that two 1970s British Legends were actually The Same!  The eponymous character in the Vic Sinex ...

I have heard of the Mandela Effect  several times; but until yesterday I did not really get what was being proposed - in its full and astoni...

There is no alternative.  Common sense is flouted, rational argument is ignored, all the normal channels have failed.  The time has come:  W...

I was brought-up from my latter childhood in an academic environment; and through the teens of my schooldays I was strongly drawn to the ide...

We are tested every day by the sin of fear . And the temptation - offering a delusory escape from fear - is safety.  If we compare our post ...