Reflections

The modern world often feels like a “perfect storm” of noise. As a friend recently noted, we are plagued by a toxic combination of fake news and information overload. For many of us, social media platforms have transitioned from tools of connection into “echo chambers”—digital spaces where we primarily hear voices that agree with us

If we peel back the layers of our modern December—the frantic supermarket queues, the glow of LED lights, and the inevitable mountain of cardboard—we find a holiday that is less a single story and more a historical patchwork. It is a curious blend of ancient ritual, strategic calendar-keeping, and the legacy of a man whose

In many ways this has been inspired by Spike Milligan as I heard a spoofed mashup version of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’ and ‘Gunga Din’ that may have been on the Goon show. It ended…If you can walk through a sausageWithout splitting it’s skinYou are a thinner man than me, Gunga Din This is my Christmas

I want to share this story because it intertwines the rigorous world of science with the beautiful truths we hold. It’s the journey of Dr. Tara Swart, a distinguished neuroscientist and psychiatrist whose personal tragedy became a catalyst for a revelation that affirms the very core of our spiritual beliefs, especially the continuous existence of

This extract is from Emma Hardinge Britten’s “NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES; OR, SPIRITS AND THEIR WORK IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE EARTH” written in 1884. This piece taken from page 53 has been rewritten as 19th text tends to be a bit flowery for our modern ears, whilst ensuring the original meaning and spirit remain intact.

Raymond, or, Life and Death (1916) is perhaps Lodge’s most renowned spiritualist work, written after the death of his son Raymond in World War I. The book explores Lodge’s experiences with mediums and his belief in communication with the afterlife, but it also contains a good deal of philosophy. This is an extract from page

Ramesses II, popularly known as Ramesses the Great, was perhaps Egypt’s greatest Pharaoh. To the Greeks, he was known as Ozymandias. In 1817, there was great excitement in London as a colossal statue of this legendary Pharaoh was being moved from Thebes to the British Museum. Two poets, Horace Smith and Percy Bysshe Shelley, entered