How to Turn Your Mind from an Enemy to an AllyWatch now (9 min) | “Man is a mystery. It needs to be unraveled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky Each of us occupies two worlds. There is the…
Machiavelli – The Rulers vs The Ruled and the Struggle for PowerWatch now (11 min) | “Daring as it is to investigate the unknown, even more so it is to question the known.” Kaspar It is often said that to understand…
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Rapid Personality Change and the Psychological RebirthWatch now (12 min) | “You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?” Nietzsche, Thus…
Modern Art and the Decline of CivilizationWatch now (13 min) | We live in an age where our extensive scientific knowledge and our love of all things objective and measurable has placed religion…
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Carl Jung and the Psychology of the Man-ChildWatch now (10 min) | “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” Andre Gide Marie-Louis von Franz, a Swiss…
The Outsider’s Guide to the Social WorldWatch now (10 min) | Shakespeare famously claimed that “all the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” and this theatrical quality…
The Uncensored Truth about Inflation – How Inflation Enriches Politicians and the 1%Watch now (14 min) | Central banks have spent decades flooding the global economy with newly created money. We are told this policy, or what is called a…
Why Purpose and Discipline Promote Psychological Well-BeingWatch now (7 min) | “Unlimited possibilities are not suited to man; if they existed, his life would only dissolve in the boundless. To become strong, a…
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