Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) was a Czech composer and pianist known for his distinctive blend of classical, jazz, and avant-garde styles. He was born in Prague and was of Jewish descent. His career was tragically cut short by the rise of Nazi Germany; declared a “degenerate” artist, he was later arrested and deported to a concentration camp, where he died in 1942. Schulhoff’s music, rediscovered posthumously, remains a testament to his innovative spirit and resilience amid persecution.
A historical and psychological journey through the making of biblical literalism — how faith that once saw Scripture as symbol and wisdom became bound to words on a page. This essay traces the shift from Origen and Augustine to American fundamentalism, revealing how the need for certainty replaced the quest for understanding.
Modern evangelicalism is not an ancient faith but a twentieth-century invention. Born in the anxiety of 1930s America, it fused personal emotion, mass media, and nationalism into a new religious identity. What began as revival became a system of control — replacing faith as awareness with belief as submission.
The Christian God is not the Father we never had, but the Father we must become. This essay explores how Jesus’ teaching can be read as a psychological process of inner reconciliation — a journey from dependency to awareness, from outer authority to inner wholeness.
Tags: Jesus, theology, psychology, Jung, Tillich, Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, consciousness, metanoia, inner life
A reflective essay on how early patterns of love and fear shape adult life. From Hemingway and D. H. Lawrence to the words of Jesus, it explores how we learn courage, how dependence becomes maturity, and how the “kingdom of heaven within” points to self-knowledge rather than belief.
A meditation on how intellectual orthodoxy silences discovery—from Bruno’s pyre to Chomsky’s lecture hall—and why the courage to consider the improbable is the first condition of truth.
An exploration of the moral and ecological misjudgements that have shaped modern Britain — from misplaced compassion and guilt to the exhaustion of land and wildlife — and a call to recover stewardship and restraint before it is too late.
Roger Waters’ The Wall is more than a rock album — it is the requiem of a civilisation that rebuilt its cities and lost its soul. This essay traces the work’s roots in post-war disillusionment, its existential honesty, and its moral warning to the modern West. Blending personal memory with cultural analysis, it reflects on the hollow triumphs of the 1960s and the enduring need for inner renewal beyond the walls we build around ourselves.
Syd Barrett, the founding spirit of Pink Floyd, sought illumination through LSD and found disintegration instead. His life traces the tragic arc from vision to madness — a false awakening born of brilliance without balance. Genius opened the door; suffering held him there. In the end, he became the King’s Fool: a man who saw too much, too soon.
Modern schooling does little to help children discover what moves them or what they might live for. The timetable is full, the spirit empty. Passion, curiosity, and imagination — those inner resources that make learning joyful — are treated as optional extras. Since the 1990s, legislation and professional fear have drained warmth from classrooms; teachers now perform roles rather than form relationships. The result is an education system that functions but no longer inspires — a wall between intellect and soul.