Position Reserved , at various times, has been an outlet for exploring a variety of cultural and political issues of interest to me as wel...

Joseph Campbell in his Occidental Mythology wrote that "In the long view of the history of mankind, four essential functions of myt...

My version of a New Year's Resolution is a bit of 'quiet time' and some self-reflection for the re-calibration of the 'self...

[It occurred to the Author that regular readers had no frame of reference for the personality behind the postings. This is a slightly edited...

There is a difficulty for anyone seeking to engage with the 'Wisdom of the East'. If you think you are just a creature, ultimately,...

This posting is by way of a footnote within a series of philosophical notes (covering spirituality, issues of personal identity, ontology ...

Contemporary 'new spirituality' presents us with a number of problems: it employs patently false narratives in closed communiti...

Some believe that there is an unconscious and instinctive, indeed libidinal, force that can be felt as a physical phenomenon. Others deny ...