:06 AM 3/22/06 DawoudKringle@aol.com To: jonathanzap@hotmail.com Subject: What you asked for. Peace; Thank you for the last email, and its polite and well deserved admonishments. You got me - you got me good. I was being sarcastic. The "hysteria" you sensed in my last email was sarcasm - pure and simple. I stand corrected: my manners fell to the wayside, and I behaved inappropriately. I hope you will forgive me. However, I did, in no uncertain terms, sense the hysteria in the tones of Sean's writings; and denounce him as a hate monger. While his tone was mostly quiet, the insane fury smoldering behind ...

Part V Projection the Enemy of Peace Thanks for those thoughtful messages, traffic to the site has been increasing dramatically so your thoughts should be getting out there.  I want to give Sean a chance to respond on the issue of whether there is any text that is supporting violence and mistreatment of women, frankly I'd be surprised if there isn't, because such things can be found in most religions.  My expectation is of an inconsistent mix----some egalitarian passages, other misogynist ones.  We might as well sort this out first and I want Sean to supply any egregious passages you have not explained, but would also ask you to be evaluative rather than defensive about the text-----are you telling me there is nothing in Islamic scripture that demeans women or promotes violence toward the infidel?  In the Hebrew Bible there are lots of objectionable things, and ...

Is the World Spiraling Toward Eucatastrophe or is that just my Pronoia? By Jonathan Zap, 2006 From Wikipedia: Eucatastrophe is a term coined by J.R.R. Tolkien which refers to the sudden turn of events at the end of a story which result in the protagonist's well-being. He formed the word by affixing the Greek prefix eu , meaning good , to catastrophe , the word traditionally used in classically-inspired literary criticism to refer to the "unraveling" or conclusion of a drama's plot…It could be said that the ending of "The Lord of the Rings" is an Eucatastrophe. Though victory seems assured for Sauron, the One Ring is destroyed beyond all hope. Essentially a bad situation suddenly turning good. Pronoia (from Rob Brezny’s new book, Pronoia ...

Energy Parasites----the Sagan View  article copyright 2006 by Jonathan Zap (I apologize for the formatting irregularities which we are not presently able to fix) Entity Possession---Freeing the Energy Body of Negative Influences by Samuel Sagan, M.D. (clairvision.org) is an important examination of the energy/mind parasite phenomena by an M.D. with a great deal of clinical experience. The book contains numerous interesting transcripts of dialogues between Dr. Sagan and patients he treats for energy parasites. Essentially, Dr. Sagan believes that most parasitic entities are rather mechanical “ astral fragments ” remaining from deceased human beings. These fragments attach themselves to a human host and drain vitality. Typically their effects are observable as cravings for specific types of food, alcohol and other drugs, sexual compulsions and exacerbated negative emotions. Early on, Dr. Sagan ...

Computer games are getting ever more VR like, games like Warcraft and Oblivion, and although I have never played such games myself, I have long wanted to design the underlying mythology for such elaborate games, and would be willing to do so for a modest, six figure fee.  Meanwhile, the following game is one that you play yourself, supported by your own imaginal powers, while I provide an opening situation.  As always, very interested in your feedback. Parallel Worlds----Journey to the Lower Astral A role-playing game   © Jonathan Zap  2006 You step across a threshold, the floor is a mosaic of vari-colored tiles of polished granite and marble, the door is ornate brass, asymmetrically art nouveau with a ...

Archetypes of a New Evolution © Jonathan Zap, 1978 Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for Honors in Philosophy Ursinus College Advisor:   Dr. Williamson    Spring 1978 (This paper, written when I was just twenty years old, contains many of the key insights I have been working on ever since.  Here is where I first discovered what I have since called the “singularity archetype,” and first analyzed what it means as an evolutionary template for the human species.  Introduced in this paper, is the concept of “ Homo gestalt,” ...

Have you ever felt that the world might be your dream, felt alienated, set apart from others, overwhelmed at times by your inner thought process?  If you have, then you may find Dostoevsky and the Profound Egocentric , written when I was just nineteen years old, to be very relevant to your inner experience.  My adult consciousness began with the writing of this paper, but it wasn’t until the following year, when I was twenty, that I connected the psychological state of profound egocentrism with an evolutionary model, and recognized its connection to the  dawning of a  new mode of consciousness and communication (see Archetypes of a New Evolution) . In The Path of the Numinous http://www.zaporacle.com/textpattern/article/10/the-path-of-the-numinous-living-and-working-with-the-creative-muse- I describe the origins of ...

Left Off Balance copyright 2001, Jonathan Zap ( An email rant I wrote just after 9-11, but seems just as relevant today.)   (unfortunately the document has some lame formating I can't get rid of, perhaps the Bush administration is responsible?) Before I get into why I believe that most of my friends on the left are off balanced and one-sided in their world view, the issue happening right now that I join them in being acutely concerned about is the bill before the Congress right now entitled the "Patriot Act" that would allow greater government ability to invade our privacy and over ride our rights. I despise the name of this bill as propagandistic ...

The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts Review copyright 2006 by Jonathan Zap (Please excuse any erratic formatting, we are working on it, the program we are using seems to have particular trouble with italics and in the source document I used italics to indicate quotes from the book.  Some book passages that should be italicized may not be, and other passages which are my own commentary may be mistakenly italicized.  In most cases it will be apparent from context what is my commentary and what are the words of Joe Fisher.) The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts is a spell binding paranormal detective story, elegantly written, and as haunting and irresistible as its title implies. The implications of what British paranormal investigator and writer Joe Fisher discovers, at the apparent cost of ...