History
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Foreign Invasions and the First Zen Rock Gardens
Or how gardens of raked gravel and large stones helped feudal lords and the warrior classes prepare themselves mentally for invasion fleets. What’s he going on about now!? To begin this, I’d like to show you the Yellow Mountains of eastern China. Take a look: Tall and narrow mountains like them are a unique feature Continue reading
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Bronze Age Cities and YHWH-Mitigation Urban Planning
I have a rather strange idea, which is related to my fascination about what caused early bronze age cities to collapse, and what might have changed about more modern cities that made them less vulnerable to the same phenomena. To begin with, you have to remember that bronze age cities were the largest and most Continue reading
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Jost Burgi and The Inquisition
In my free time, I’ve been studying a book written in 1620 by a Swiss clockmaker named Jost Burgi. The book was called Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen, and written in German, probably because the German language was an academic language in the 1600’s, and a lot of intellectual work was done in German at Continue reading
Unsupported Speculation 