This book, like many of Murakami’s stories, explores the ‘push and pull’ between two different worlds; Our ‘real’ world and another one, that acts as its creative well-spring and foundation. This brings into question what is real and what is not. From our viewpoint the other world appears nebulous and…

In Search of the Philosopher’s Stone I quite warm to Jung’s notion that the mysterious and enigmatic philosopher’s stone of legend is none other than the…goat777.medium.com C.G. Jung on Alchemy Muses upon C.G. Jung’s Alchemical writingsgoat777.medium.com The ‘Red One’ in the Red Book Jung announces his down-going with an invocation.goat777.medium.com Jung’s Red Book — The Cunning Serpent and the Blind God The terrible beautiful one with his black velvet eyes and the long lashes, the eyes that do not see but merely gaze…goat777.medium.com

Musing on Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore The central theme of this book seems to me to be that age old struggle. No, not ‘good’ versus ‘evil’; More, the…goat777.medium.com Musing on Murakami’s Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of The World It is plain to see that this novel is a book of two halves. It mirrors our own existence, but this might not be so easy…goat777.medium.com Having a re-read of Weaveworld I read this book when it first came out, many moons ago.goat777.medium.com

I sometimes enjoy musing from the starting premise that ‘Reality’ IS narrative. This dispenses with the duality of there being a set, unknowable ‘true reality’ pitched against ‘us’; Observers filling in the myriad gaps to create our own story. ‘Reality IS narrative’ seems quite easy to get a handle on…

Here you go then! A few of my musings on the so called spiritual journey, and spiritual practice in general. Don’t worry though, it’s only my take on it and may, in all probability, struggle to find a foot-hold among your particular inclinations. It appears to me that many see…

It’s an interesting speculation on wealth and spirituality, Armand. Everyone is undergoing an experiential adventure with certain challenges and Death is at the end; The Great Leveller. We are all negotiating our own labyrinth and ‘wealth’ is just one of the ‘challenges’ that some have to contend with. It gives…

We seem to have found ourselves in a world of dualities; It certainly appears like that anyway. People of a more ‘new age’ persuasion have a simple solution. …

It’s definitely an interesting topic Armand. I feel increasingly drawn to the notion that ‘reality’ is desperate to communicate with us! I sometimes even get the feeling that reality is in fact a part of us; The part that we cannot assimilate into ourselves. We are split into two parts…

We might even be some sort of stalactite-like extrusion. Something stretched or dripped; but instead of being pulled through our familiar ‘space-time’; This would be more like a plummet through ever decreasing degrees of ‘freedom’. It stretches ‘down’ then, through constraints, laws and rules of possibility. like water being ‘transformed’…