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Naas Ferreira
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Looking for an Integral Society
Posted July 3rd, 2010 | 3 Comments
It is easy to criticize Avatar for falling into the pre/trans fallacy trap for its romantic view of the prerational culture of the Na’vi people of Pandora as if it is postrational. If all Integral followers are honest, they will agree that we just don’t have an example of a... Read More
Wilber doesn't understand sf
Posted June 17th, 2010 | 47 Comments
It seems as if Ken Wilber doesn't understand SF. Even after David Riordon explained his view on future fiction, science or speculative fiction, Wilber continued with his pre/trans falacy, archaic, magic, mythic, etc., etc., without answering David. SF is the one genre that one... Read More
Avatar: An emerging mythology for our time
Posted May 17th, 2010 | 3 Comments
Avatara : a manifestation, or the incarnation, of the Divine on earth – particularly the Hindu god Vishnu in a human form like Krishna or Rama . (see Georg Feuerstein: The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga. 1997:44).... The blockbuster film, “Avatar”, has... Read More
Future of Christianity
Posted January 10th, 2010 | 3 Comments
I grew up in a Christian home and became a minister in the church. It was only when I worked outside the church that my understanding of Christianity changed. Sally MacFague's books on metaphorical theology and ecology blew holes in the biblical god and Jesus... Read More