A beautiful, poetic, and philosophical account of Akhenaten -- perhaps the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Akhenaten was "the world's first individual" and, in the author's words, "the most perfect man in history." No other account of him offers as much insight and beauty as this one. Akhenaten was truly the first philosopher of light; his message is more urgently needed now than ever.

Son of God, Son of the Sun: The Life and Philosophy of Akhenaten, King of Egypt

History

Devi, Savitri

Ancient Civilizations

Creative Fire Press

Jesus of Nazareth is one of the most famous men in history. There are good reasons to believe that he walked the earth some two thousand years ago, and was eventually crucified.
But what about Jesus Christ, son of God? What if he never existed? What if the divine, virgin-born, resurrected Jesus Christ was a myth, a lie--even a hoax? That would have huge implications for modern-day Christianity; it would mean that there is a gigantic falsehood at the core of the religion of some two billion people.
In this book, Dr. David Skrbina presents a profound and stunning theory: that St. Paul and a band of friends constructed a 'Jesus hoax.' They took a kernel of truth based on Jesus, the man, and turned him into the divine savior of humanity. They did so as a way to strike back at the hated Roman Empire, and to undermine its strength among the common people. The absolute lack of corroborating evidence for the so-called biblical Jesus, and the fact that key documents such as the four Gospels were written decades after his time, all support this theory.
Everyone, regardless of religious belief, needs to be aware of this astonishing story. This is not just ancient history; it has vast implications for many areas of modern life.

The Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul's Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand Years

David Skrbina

World

Selected readings in the philosophy of technology, with a focus on historical-critical analysis. Readings include such authors as Plato, Thoreau, Butler, Orwell, Heidegger, Illich, Skolimowski, Kaczynski, Joy, and Kurzweil.

Confronting Technology

Science & Math

Technology

Building on the insights of such thinkers as Teilhard de Chardin and Bergson, as well as contemporaries like Dobzhansky and Bateson, Henryk Skolimowski points us to a new metaphysical order in which mind and world are intimately connected. This new participatory worldview explains how the concept of the world ‘out there,’ independent of the mind, is incoherent. Rather, says Skolimowski, we must see the mind as actively shaping and creating the world. Even truth itself, he argues, is enmeshed in the web of the participatory mind. And all are encompassed by a universal process of cosmic evolution.“In beholding, we are articulating.In articulating, we are co-creating.In the act of articulation, mind and reality merge. Reality becomes an aspect of mind.”In an era of stale and tedious analytic philosophy, Skolimowski brings us brave new visions, expansive metaphysical theorizing, and penetrating insight. Few individuals have proven able to encompass the scope of philosophy as he has, all while retaining an ability for truly creative work. A pinnacle of a stunningly impressive career, this book is destined for greatness.

The Participatory Mind: A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe

Politics & Social Sciences

Skolimowski, Henryk

Philosophy

TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS are everywhere on the decline, and yet interest in "spirituality" is steadily increasing. At the same time, concerns about the environment and the planetary ecosystem are also rising, especially with the growing awareness of the risks of climate change. Thus, it is natural that we look to combine these two areas of interest: the intersection of religion and environmentalism. It was precisely this kind of thinking that led prominent eco-philosopher Henryk Skolimowski to develop, beginning in the 1980s, a new concept that he called "eco-theology." Inspired by the earlier works of Teilhard and Bergson, Skolimowski realized that the idea of evolution was much more far-reaching than merely a theory about biology. Evolution encompassed not only all life, but also the Earth as a whole, the origins of the planets and stars, and indeed the universe as a whole. More to the point, it must encompass all aspects of humanity and human culture, including such traditional concepts as God and religion. Simply stated, if everything evolves, then religious truth must evolve, spirituality must evolve, and even God must evolve. These basic insights have far-reaching consequences. Eco-theology fully integrates humanity into the natural world. We are not some mysterious strangers to the universe, not divinely created with utterly unique properties, not here to exercise our "dominion." We are part and parcel of the world. We came from the Earth, and we belong to the Earth. The cosmos is our home. The world is a sanctuary. There is indeed 'god' and divinity in this evolutionary universe, but such things reside in us; we make them real by manifesting our best and highest qualities. Skolimowski thus offers us something startlingly new: a "religion for our times." This is no New-Age philosophy, no fuzzy-headed wishful thinking. This is serious philosophical innovation by an Oxford-trained philosopher, in an area of gravest concern. Eco-theology is badly needed today; our very survival depends on it.

Eco-Theology: Toward a Religion for our Times

Religion & Spirituality

What is consciousness and where does it begin? Panpsychism and the Combination Problem elucidates and evaluates one historically significant but recently neglected answer to these questions: panpsychism, the view that consciousness is ubiquitous in nature. Panpsychism is contrasted with emergent physicalism, the most common view of our times on the nature of reality and consciousness. The book covers some of the most critical problems facing emergent physicalism, and moves on to describe panpsychism and its most common variants. After an in-depth discussion of the infamous 'combination problem' for panpsychism, the different variants of panpsychism are assessed in terms of their competence in answering this problem. The book ends with a discussion of the most helpful solutions to the problem, and of the possible ways forward for the panpsychist. Panpsychism and the Combination Problem is tailored especially to a readership already familiar with some of the terminology and conventions of contemporary philosophy of mind. The book works well as an introduction to the topic of panpsychism and some of its core issues.

Panpsychism and the Combination Problem

Heikkinen, Santtu

Skrbina, David

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Son of God, Son of the Sun: The Life and Philosophy of Akhenaten, King of Egypt

The Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul's Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand Years

Confronting Technology

The Participatory Mind: A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe

Eco-Theology: Toward a Religion for our Times

Panpsychism and the Combination Problem

Son of God, Son of the Sun: The Life and Philosophy of Akhenaten, King of Egypt

The Jesus Hoax: How St. Paul's Cabal Fooled the World for Two Thousand Years