Category Archives: Philosophy
Do action for a reaction
Only through doing does prosperity come. If life is a pool of water, doing nothing won’t create many ripples in that pool, you have to throw rocks into the water to get the ripples. Part of the energy of the ripples you make feedback at you, so you need to be ready for reaping the …
The last daffodil
Everything has its moment, a beginning and an end. Passing a ruined old church yesterday I noticed the sea of daffodils had vanished, their task of being pollinated by insects completed. I became aware of the cycle of life, that all has a beginning and an end, that the flowers we enjoy are in a …
Four ages of humanity
There is a close relationship between climate change and the ages of humanity. Various traditions break human history into four ages, with climate change evident causing each age to end. Hesiod living in circa 750 BCE in Greece lists five ages, Ovid a Roman in the closing decades from 43 BCE listed four ages. Hesiod …
Castles built on sand fall
Work on yourself for a prosperous life. Back in the age of King Arthur a tyrant called Vortigern seized the British throne, he made a series of mistakes including allowing the Saxons into Romano-Britain, a people who would never leave, starting a 400-year war for control of Britain. Vortigern fled to Mount Snowdon in Wales …
Technological progress
I embrace technology slowly, it is never my master. Whilst the Mediterranean world was using iron metal, my Celtic ancestors of Britain continued to use bronze, switching to iron hundreds of years later. Like my Celtic ancestors I am slow at embracing new technological tools, and like them I am the master of this technology, …
Find your niche and patron
Everyone can find a niche and a patron that allows their unique talent to shine. Poetry was never my speciality, I am told I produce killer metaphors, but when I attempt poetry I flee a bloody crime scene. Wordsmith I may be, but poet I am not. I follow a few poets on WordPress, amongst …
The power of association
Our brains work by association. Recently I attacked the idea genetics had anything to do with crime. I support the ideas of John Watson the pioneer of behaviourism, who was of the opinion the genetics connection was ignorant, human behaviour is down to environmental experiences. Watson carried out a famous experiment with Baby Albert, he …
Ask and receive
Doors open to them who ask. “Open Sesame” said Ali Baba to a door, which opened wide to him, wherein he collected treasure from a cave, as told in the story Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. This is a better lesson than the quote in a psalm I used to sing in a choir “Blessed …
Bridges to prosperity
I review the purpose of this blog. (Warning potentially deep philosophy ahead!) In my town of Colchester the Celtic leader Cunobelin, the Romans considered the first king of Britain, struck an estimated one million gold coins. Upon some of these coins was the image of an ear of corn, a Celtic symbol of prosperity. In …
The storyteller
You can change the world through storytelling. In ancient times the storyteller was a highly valued member of society, on dark winter nights they entertained, but in ancient society they were a walking library of the history, laws, customs and spiritual philosophy of those people. The storyteller was the bard, poet or musician, protected by …
