From the Summit of the Moral High Ground

Translated into English Gnosis in an Age of Madness Back in 2020, when much of the world seemed gripped by a kind of irrational mass hysteria, I found myself craving something increasingly rare in modern life: silence. Not merely physical silence, but intellectual silence. Space away from the noise of governments, media cycles, social conformity, and the endless pressure to think collectively rather than individually. I wanted solitude because I wanted clarity. I wanted to think. More importantly, I wanted to experience true gnosis . English is a curious language, perhaps because we have developed a habit of hollowing out words and reshaping them until their original meanings become obscured. The word gnosis comes from the Greek and simply means “to know.” Not to speculate. Not to believe. Not to repeat fashionable opinions. But to know through direct understanding and experience. Today, if one searches for “Gnosticism,” one is immediately directed toward discussions of obscure ea...

Two members of the Scientific Priesthood That science is a religion is pretty much indisputable. Science literally means "knowledge". That people seem to claim that there can be a difference between Science and Pseudo-Science is something of a mystery to me; how can there be pseudo-knowledge? So I went to Wikipedia in order to understand why this arbitrary difference is... the article on pseudo-science was not particularly interesting, but the talk page where the argument as to what should be included in the article is very revealing. Wikipedia carries the policy of Scientific focus: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and its content on scientific and quasi-scientific topics will primarily reflect  " current mainstream scientific consensus ". How can there be a "mainstream consensus" about knowledge, there can only be a "mainstream consensus" about a working theory. A theory is not knowledge. The question has not yet been answered. What Wik...

The United Kingdom and the Channel Islands both make the majority of their money through the practise of Usury, far more than any other nation in the world. Total debt (public and private) in the UK is some 1000% of GDP, by far the highest in the world. There has been much discussion recently as to the 'morality' of taxation but if we are concerned with 'moral' right then perhaps it is time to review the moral basis for the primary source of all that taxation. Usury, the charging of interest on money loaned (or as it is latterly defined 'the charging of interest at extortionate rates') has an interesting history, as expressed in this extract from the Catholic Dictionary , Plato (Laws, v. 742) and Aristotle (Politics, I, x, xi) considered interest as contrary to the nature of things; Aristophanes expressed his disapproval of it, in the "Clouds" (1283 sqq.); Cato condemned it (see Cicero, "De officiis, II, xxv), comparing it to homicide, a...

We are at a turning point in history, in future this time will be regarded in the same manner as the Anglo-German Wars of 1914 to 1945, the Pan-European riots of the 1840's and the Revolutions of the 1780's, these are INTERESTING TIMES. There seems to be a great convergence of endings all focusing at this point in the history of society; Democracy, Banking, The Welfare State, Law and the Union Movement all seem to be converging on their Waterloos at the same point in time. That point being the day after the next election for President of the United States. Each of course was a much needed innovation in its turn, but like all things they have faded, perverted from their original course and become twisted and repressive. What once was a tool of enablement has become repression. Where once there was protection of freedom there are now the chains of debt, dependence, fear, regulation and sham. The good news is that these are breaking apart. Following every ending their...

The second by-election of the current government has come and gone and the results are fascinating: George Galloway (Respect) 18,341 (55.89%, +52.83%) Imran Hussain (Labour) 8,201 (24.99%, -20.36%) Jackie Whiteley (Conservative) 2,746 (8.37%, -22.78%) Jeanette Sunderland (Liberal Democrat) 1,505 (4.59%, -7.08%) Sonja McNally (UKIP) 1,085 (3.31%, +1.31%) Dawud Islam (Green) 481 (1.47%, -0.85%) Neil Craig (Democratic Nationalists) 344 (1.05%) Howling Laud Hope (Monster Raving Loony Party) 111 (0.34%) Of George Galloway I know only that he was expelled from the Labour Party for being outspoken against the invasion of Iraq and has frequently spoken out against the Zionist occupation of Palestinian lands. He has the (Left-)Libertarian tendency undoubtedly and supports the freedom of religion which is a point of contention in Bradford. Mutual respect is a fundamental tenet of Libertarianism. It is comforting to note that the other Libertarian party UKIP also increased ...

For Judge Death all life is crime Does our Government feel the same way? So with Neptune ploughing on into Pisces, I find my awareness shifting even further from its already loose connection with the mundane world, ( if you are not of the Pisces tribe then it is hard for you to understand but think of how closely attuned our much beloved Bailhache, P. is to reality and you will get the drift ). It is hard to care whether the electoral commission is independent or not. It is irrelevant, as is its membership, as will be its findings, as indeed is the entire States of Jersey. Getting caught up in it all is getting distracted from what is important. King Alfred is the King who gave the Common Law to the people, he is also the King who bought the ten commandments into Common Law. Looking to the New Testament, Jesus refines them as follows -  To love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is ...

Historical Archive This article is preserved as part of the historical record of this blog. It reflects the author's views at the time of publication. The content has not been substantively altered, although the HTML, accessibility and formatting have been updated to meet modern web standards. At the Trinity Senatorial Hustings the Vice Dean, Rev. Houghton, was kind enough to ask a question. I felt it appropriate to answer using the Bible as the basis for my reply. There was an audible intake of breath from the parishioners, as if I had committed some great trespass. I was never afraid to question authority, however. The philosophy of the "divine right" died out in the seventeenth century; no one is born to it. I adopt an approach to people of, "you have to earn my respect". Speaking to Rev. Houghton at the end of the hustings, I must say that indeed he did. The development of my personal morality has undergone several distinct stages; first I was t...