The Genealogy of Adam and Eve
The central tendency and probably the major cause of error in modern religion is the determination to separate male and female and define them as superior or inferior in relation…
The Warrior and His Gods
In “The Stakes of the Warrior” Georges Dumézil uses his theory of the tri-functional structure of Indo-European society as a framework for the analyses of stories belonging to three different…
The Occult Foundations of American Healthcare
Today, runaway healthcare costs and inaccessibility of medical care have revived interest in the caduceus of Hermes, the liar, thief and trickster god. Who is Hermes, and why is his caduceus the symbol of American healthcare?
Patriarchy
This was written for the Wikipedia article. Much of that article was deleted in a dispute. What is Patriarchy? Patriarchy is a social system in which the father or…
Hermes Trismegistus and American Healthcare
The process by which Hermes’ caduceus came to symbolize medicine is full of confusion and mistaken associations. There may have also been an element of guile worthy of Hermes the…
American Healthcare and the Caduceus of Hermes
I have already cited Mike Stathis’ book, “America’s Healthcare Solution,” which is the source of the following summary. I chose a few connections that seem the most crucial. It’s not…
American Civil Religion and the Enlightenment
In his theory of American Civil Religion, Robert Bellah attempted to attribute America's sense of community to a common religious factor independent of the church. He said that a specifically American ideology has worked to form a homogenous and unified culture from unrelated immigrants.
American Cosmology and Mythology
Religious conservatives in America have argued that America was founded as a Christian nation, implying that Christianity ought to be honored in political discourse and policy. Others call this ‘Christian revisionism’ and argue that the founding fathers had no such intention.