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Alison Elizabeth Marshall
@alisonemarshall.bsky.social
Spiritual cartographer. I map the mystical teachings of Baha’u’llah through prose, imagery, and philosophical enquiry. Explore Paradise of Presence and more: https://alisonelizabethmarshall.com/
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October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
She develops the link between ideology and totalitarianism in her book The Origins of Totalitarianism. But you’ll find an easier entry to it in The Cambridge Companion to Hannah Arendt.
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I asked Copilot to summarize your article. It has many resonances with Hannah Arendt's concern about how totalitarianism rests on a simple ideological idea, which the masses embrace and use to justify atrocities (hence the total dislocation from reality).
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Good heavens. So you live in Australia. I assumed that you lived in the US. I do love NZ. I don't have any desire to travel overseas. It seems to me I already live in the most desirable tourist destination.
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fair enough. I had no idea there was such a person. I live in New Zealand. A creationist would just get laughed at here. In any case, your description dispels any notion of your being a creationist.
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Yes, that’s fair enough. So long as we thought of God as a narcissistic autocrat in the sky, we were never going to know anything about God.
September 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Well, John MacKay, I think I agree with you. But I come to that conclusion for religious, scientific, and philosophical reasons. We probably agree on the scientific and philosophical, but not on the religious - given that you describe yourself as secular.
September 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I couldn’t follow what you were saying. But, perhaps in a paragraph, you could give me the essence of your gospel of being. I’m not much of a reader, so no patience with long text. But I grasp concepts readily.
September 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I'm nothing like how I was when I was young. I feel like I've lived a lifetime each decade of my life so far. I recommend giving change a try. My experience is that animal instincts are nothing compared to the ecstasy of visionary journeying.
July 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM