I have not posted here for years and noticed that some of my readers still visit this old blog. If you’d like to be updated on my more recent content, please visit my Substack, subscribe, comment, and share. My two … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
I just finished watching William, a movie about a Neanderthal boy that is cloned, grows up in modern United States, and has difficulty adapting to life as part of our species. The reason for my interest in William is that … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
In a nature documentary years ago, I learned that female chimps, once they enter puberty, have a strong migratory instinct. In order to avoid incestuous relationships, the females feel a strog urge to run away from their tribal lands in … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
I just finished watching the first season of the series Foundation–based on a novel by the same name–in which we find themes that resonate specifically with ancient Egyptian myth, although the aesthetics do not immediately suggest ancient Kemet. As for … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
I picked up Stephan Beyer’s Talking Stick: Peacemaking as a Spiritual Path thanks to a neighbor, Fran, who is a librarian and who always has dozens of books in his house. Over the years we have always shared the books … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
Over the years, I’ve enjoyed the series Expanse, which is known for science fiction that is more realistic than most. The series deals candidly with issues of space politics, and also with scientific issues like how gravity would affect life … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
After a long-enough wait, Dennis Villeneuve’s Dune finally hit the theaters last night and I was among the first to show up to watch it. Dune is a philosophical, artistic and cultural masterpiece, and it involves phenomenal worldbuilding, but one … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
Hi. This month (and henceforward), the literary updates and the Eikas message will be at societyofepicurus.com. Please check our Twentieth message for the new paperback edition of our Epitome: Epicurean Writings, and also some notes from the discussion we had … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
Happy Twentieth to all the disciples of Epicurus! Psyche Magazine published an essay titled Sprinkle a little ancient philosophy into your daily routines, and the Ad Navseam podcast published an episode titled The Whole Enchilada: Epicureanism and Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. Unfortunately, midway … Continue reading →| The Autarkist
Many have tried to justify the existence of God in light of all the evil in the world. The Book of Job–uniquely refreshing among Bible books in its honesty–makes it clear that the monot…| The Autarkist
