The Rubicon

A psycho-philosophical treatise on border crossingsLady Susan V.E.A.M. Who or what is the Rubicon? Everyone knows that others might say! Sometimes, especially on a Sunday walk where the children were allowed to wear the latest jeans or the great new sneakers, you can hear the following words from very excited…

Saint St. Nicholas

From the bottom of my heart, wish you a nice St. Nicholas Day and a contemplative Advent season. Everyone knows him and yet so little of his life and work has been handed down… and what has been handed down is known to so few people today. He is one…

Empedocles

Polarity is up to mischief Polarity also causes mischief in the form of Empedocles. Close to Thales of Miletus, succumbing to the deceptive shadows, dividing himself into the leader’s consciousness, obeying the mind, the nurturer of reason, he serves the hated brother of Chaos, the Logos, teaching the clarity of…

Storyteller

– Troubadours – Minstrels – Court Jesters –I Part Story(s) Where would the past be, from which we humans can learn so much, if it weren’t for history?Our history belongs to us, like our now.The term “history” is originally very complex. This is how the term “philosophy of history” was…