Ethereal Insights

Photograph of Idol of Devi Kali at the Kalighat ( কালীঘাট ) Temple Ancient wisdom | Thursday – December 11, 2025 In modern times it has become commonplace for crucial information about the world, primarily material but also metaphysical, to be compartmentalized and concentrated in the object of the expert : this includes everything from how to walk a dog to how to create a nuclear reactor, and more often than not these people, these experts, are accredited by some major and "trusted" institution backed up by the revolutionary elite. This approach to information really showcases how most things are carried out in modern times: everything has to play a certain and defined role in order for it to have any place or claim to the fundamental institutions of society . Of course, this serves certain roles, but the primary purpose of this kind of compartmentalization of information into certain expertise and really certain roles serves the primary purpose of replacing God. Since moder...

Eu flag, by Christian Wiediger Pax Europa | Wednesday – December 10, 2025 In my posts about the ongoing war in Ukraine, that you can read here and here , I made it clear that I see no way forward for a continued war in Ukraine, at least no way forward that can be described as sustainable, and this is true for both Ukraine and Russia, and this fact means that in soon enough time some kind of peace will be reached, or at least some kind of ceasefire will be reached, because it's clear that Russia is losing too many men in this war, but it's also clear that whatever leverage Ukraine may or may not have in this situation, it's not that much. Yes, I know that some observers will point to the fact that the Ukrainian army, for a brief time, occupied some border regions within Russia, but since these regions hardly contain anything of value, I don't believe that you can call these gains any kind of real leverage, at least not in the long run. Yes, it may be that the Ukrainians...

Yahweh in  (יהוה‎) : Moses and the Burning Bush My views on western intervention | Tuesday – December 9, 2025 Most people don't like to be invaded, and I think the most poignant example of this fact was when a young Taliban man was asked why he'd joined the Taliban in the first place, this was during the invasion and occupation of most of Afghanistan by the United States: he basically said that he'd joined the Taliban because they, the U.S. Army, had invaded his valley. Indeed, what wouldn't some men do in that situation and do we really expect this to be a weird or strange reaction to an invasion? And what about this nation-building exercise? What nation is there to talk about in Afghanistan? Was this young warrior loyal to the Afghan nation? No, he was loyal to his valley and to his immediate people, he didn't have a conception of a larger Afghan nation, and why would he? Should we expect otherwise? No, of course not, and this all just goes to show how silly and...