The Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tzu in the 6th Century BC (and possibly the 4th century BC), is an ancient Chinese text that forms the bedrock for Taoism. It appeals to a much wider audience than Taoists though because of its deep meaning and nearly an intuitive truth that can be felt. Composed of 81 sections, the Tao […]
Tao Te Ching – verse Thirty Two
The Emerald Tablet and the Tao Te Ching
The Emerald Tablet is a short, cryptic piece of text that forms part of a collection of writings known as the Hermetica which are believed to be Egyptian – Greek in origin and written around 200AD. The author of the Emerald Tablet is unknown but the writings themselves claim Hermes Trismegist (“Hermes the Thrice-Greatest” – a Greek God) as the […]
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo – The hidden meaning
One of the most famous paintings by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel is that of the Creation of Adam, depicting the moment God created humankind. It is one of a series of paintings on the ceiling that give life to the story in Genesis. Other famous scenes include Adam and Even in the Garden of Eden and the Deluge (flood). […]
Ireland’s food security on a cliff edge
This week, an Irish TD (member of parliament) claimed vegans had ‘never worked a day in their lives’. The bizarre and idiotic rant isn’t worth arguing against but it does raise some critical issues that Ireland needs to address before we get hit with a serious crisis. Its not a question of ‘if’ this crisis will hit us but only […]
Do trees communicate with humans?
Walking through a forest is enough to evoke a sense of calm in most people. It’s a primitive feeling, one that has evolved over thousands of years and been handed down from gene pool to gene pool. That calmness, or de-stressing that we feel is the culmination of the scents from the plants, rustling of leaves, the softly crunch underfoot […]
The Gospel of Mary
The Gospel of Mary is a fascinating Gnostic text discovered in 1896 by Dr. Carl Reinhardt who purchased it in Egypt and brought it to Berlin. It dates from the late fourth or early fifth century and wasn’t fully published until 1955. Later fragments of the script were discovered within the Nag Hammadi collection and Berlin Gnostic Codex leading scholars […]
World UFO Day
It’s another international day of something but at least this one is interesting – world UFO day! Celebrating all things alien, apocalyptic, galactic and conspiracist it sure beats World Banana Lovers Day (coming soon, August 27th – I kid you not!). Today, it’s worth actually remembering that we have zero official proof of any alien life, although NASA did make […]
Blood Moon – End of World predicted. Again.
The second Blood Moon and total lunar eclipse of the year takes place in July and there’s already a healthy dose of religious conspiracists predicting doomsday. Equating the Blood Moon with the end of the world originates from the Bible in Acts 2:20 and Revelation 6:12; Acts 2:20: “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, […]
The concept of holistic energy
Energy. That illusive concept that goes far deeper than what we understand in a physical manner. It is easy to understand the energy that we can see around us – the trees, earth, homes and our cars. This is called latent energy and this can be understood in the sense that latent energy is energy that is tied up in […]
We’re not really human after all
Who are you? When we are asked that question, we usually start off answering with our name. ‘Yeah, but who are you?’ With a sigh we might begin to describe our parents, where we come from, our family or location. ‘Yeah, yeah, but who ARE you?’ Feeling a bit frustrated we begin to describe our cells and our bodies. It’s […]