

Monkey Mind II: Mysticism, Childhood, and Mental Health
"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creation out of void, but out of chaos." -- Mary Shelley We are all mystics...


Monkey Mind I: Subjectivity and the Brain's Default Mode Network
So, what do you think about when you’re not thinking about anything else? Where does your mind go when it isn’t busy with goal-directed...


What We Do Not Want to Know about Ourselves
""...the dividing line between good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his...


You Make Me Sick
We’ve all expressed strong feelings about something or someone with expressions like “you smell,” “you make me sick,” or “you make me...


Disembodied Communication
We live in a social world in which we are mimetically engulfed, constantly sharing and imitating the behavior and facial expressions of...

Supernatural Bones
Glendower: “I can call spirits from the vasty deep.” Hotspur: “Why, so can I, or so can anyone; But will they come when you do call...