We live in an age of Cyberpunk Science Fiction like medical technology, in which the exploration of the human body and its pathologies have taken quantum leaps forward. Adn yet the not to be conquered barrier of physical death, that “undiscovered country” remains. Cancer, increasingly and tragically common, and horrific on all levels -God preserve […]
Politics
A few musings, Sept 10 2011
Some random musings: I learned more about human nature from a serendipitous and careful reading of interesting poetry and novels than from 4 semesters of undergrad psychology survey courses. History books are as useful as novels here, but there is something about the novel that lays bare human motives yearnings and dreams. Aldous Huxleyonce wrote: […]
Towards a Sufi Anarch: The Role of Islamic Mysticism Against Modernist Decay
Towards a Sufi Anarch: The Role of Islamic Mysticism Against Modernist Decay By Sean Jobst September 6, 2010 Islam is the world’s fastest growing faith, spreading even into regions where it had not been very widespread before. This has become cause of alarm for certain individuals and organizations with a certain political agenda. The foremost […]
Desecration of Glen Cove burial mounds reveal blatant disregard for humanity
Desecration of Glen Cove burial mounds reveal blatant disregard for humanity by Sean Jobst May 8, 2011 We undertake our life journey holding on to certain inalienable rights, which are instinctively part of our humanity as natural laws. One of these is certainly the right to be buried upon one’s ancestral land. Yet this basic […]