On this December 27th – which is the Third Day of Christmas here where I am – when the Incarnation of the Sun in Time (i.e. of the Great Luminary of the Spiritual Realm, Plato’s Only-Begotten «Child» of the Father, who never began to be, but simply is) still appears to be struggling against the…
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Reflections on the Spiritual Significance of the Winter Solstice
Today is December 21, a highly significant date here in Scandinavia and in other places in the world far to the north. The reason is, of course, that this is the date of the Winter Solstice, or of “Vinter-sol-verv”, as it is called in Norwegian, and of all the ancient traditions and celebrations associated with…
How the «Hebrew» Alphabet is actually a version of the Aramaic alphabet, and not the ancient «Hebrew» one
Regarding the topics of the true origins and purposes and messages of the collection of texts now commonly styled the Old Testament or the Tanakh, categories which include the so-called Five Books of Moses, I would assert that we cannot even begin to arrive at a viable conclusion until we have familiarized ourselves with and…
An update on some of my recent academic work dealing with Platonic Philosophy, religion and ancient history
Dear Readers: It has been a while since this home page and blog of mine was last refreshed with new content, but, as my followers on Academia.edu are aware of, I have not been (entirely) idle, and since the beginning of 2022, I have actually composed several new papers and e-books. I have also produced…
Omtaler av den første boken min (en gigantisk suksess)
De fleste av disse bokomtalene er ikke lengre å finne på det vanlige Internettet, slik de en gang var — delvis fordi Moss Dagblad, hvis nettutgave noen av dem ble publisert i, ble lagt ned høsten 2008, og delvis fordi de aldri ble republisert senere, slik noen andre av de gamle sakene etterhvert ble (noe…
Reflections on the «Historicity» of the Exodus
As many are aware of, the Old Testament or the Tanakh (including the Torah) sets forth the extraordinary claim, accepted by traditional “Judaisms” and “Christianities”, that the “Israelites” spent some 400 years in Egypt – many of them as slaves. (Genesis 15:12–14 (“four hundred years”), Exodus 12:39–41 (“four hundred and thirty years”, c.f. Genesis 11:17),…
Åpent brev om vindkraft: «Gi dere selv en gave denne våren! Folkevalgte i Bjerkreim»
Kopi av min tredje mail om vindkraft til politikerne i Bjerkreim kommune (en av de største og naturmessig flotteste kommunene i Rogaland fylke), sendt 9. mars 2023. For tidligere åpne brev til Bjerkreim kommunestyre, se her. Kjære politikere og folkevalgte og andre i Bjerkreim kommune dette måtte angå, Noen av dere vil huske at jeg…
Master’s thesis «follow-up»: A new and ground-breaking analysis of the Socratic and Platonic concept of the Good (free 24-page essay/e-book)
For the first time since 2020, I am now publishing a major literary production of mine here, on this blog — an essay-like academic paper exclusively devoted to a comprehensive analysis of and certain musings regarding what one might style the ontological nature of Plato’s Good, which, as I believe I have come very close…
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