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The Art of Happiness
Author: Sabine LeitnerJuly 24, 2026
“Are you happy?” “Well, sort of happy.” “Would you like to be happier?” “Hm, I don’t have time to ask myself this question. What does happiness mean anyway?” “Good question.” Do we mean by happiness this temporary moment of a pleasant day, a nice event or winning the lottery? Because even the happiness derived from [...]
Emperor Julian: Apostate or Hero of Philosophy? – Part 2
Author: Stjepan PalajsaJuly 23, 2026
In Part 1 we saw the biography of this extraordinary but forgotten figure of Roman history. This article concludes with an examination of Julian’s philosophical ideas and inner life. A soul incapable of feeling fear Julian followed the great philosophical ideas under the guidance of his teachers, with a particular focus on ethical ideas. These [...]
Emperor Julian: Apostate or Hero of Philosophy? – Part 1
Author: Stjepan PalajsaJuly 23, 2026
The dust of oblivion has erased the memory of one of the greatest figures in European history, whose ideas and work left a profound mark on the world: the Roman Emperor Julian, named ‘the Apostate’ by the Christians to whom his memory was anathema. By the 4th century AD, Rome had almost completely exhausted its [...]
Beyond the Arrow of Time: Quantum Physics, Philosophy and the Courage to Align
Author: Laszlo BalizsJuly 22, 2026
Classical physics presents a world that feels reliably ordered: first comes the cause, then the effect. If you push something, it moves. Time flows forward like an arrow and reality unfolds step by step. This view shaped not only science but civilization itself. Law, responsibility, morality, planning and identity all follow the same pattern: past, [...]
The Goddesses of Philae Temple: Egyptian Art as a ‘Magical Machine’.
Author: Sian PhillipsJuly 22, 2026
Egypt. Say the name and a host of iconic images are brought forth in your mind’s eye: The Great Pyramids, The Sphinx, King Tutankhamun’s funeral mask, walls filled with hieroglyphs, to name but a few. All of these could be seen as expressions of Egyptian art and architecture, but really, they seem to go far [...]
The Legacy of Kant
Author: Julian ScottJuly 22, 2026
This article cannot possibly cover the entire legacy of the 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant, as he had a profound effect on so many fields, but I will focus on one in particular: the legacy of doubt. It all stems from what is known as Kant’s “Copernican Revolution” in philosophy. Copernicus proposed that the Earth [...]
An Ideal called New Acropolis
Author: Carlos AdelantadoJuly 15, 2026
On this 15th of July, New Acropolis sets out on the journey of its 70th year of life. As has often been said, 70 years can mean the entire life of a human being, but it is an insignificant number if we are talking about the existence of an Ideal on Earth. New Acropolis has [...]
The Comacine Masters
Author: Agostino DominiciMarch 28, 2026
I have always been fascinated by the tradition of sacred masonry, which throughout the ages has left us many remarkable and inspiring buildings. I am thinking especially of those medieval builders who assumed the role of architect-priests, carrying on an ancient tradition that goes back to Imhotep himself (circa 2700 BCE) – the famous priest, [...]
What the myths of Proteus and Janus tell us about Change and Transformation
Author: Sofia VenutiMarch 28, 2026
Our current sociopolitical climate can cause a fear of change and a want of permanence – of identity and ideology for example. The philosopher looks back and sees that the ancient world offers a sobering counterpoint: a reverence for change, mutability and the transient. This is vividly portrayed in the myths of Proteus, the elusive [...]
The Eternal Mystery of the Count of Saint Germain
Author: Laszlo BalizsMarch 28, 2026
In the glittering salons of eighteenth-century France, stories circulated of a man who seemed to live beyond the boundaries of ordinary life. In one of them, the story starts with a diamond. A jeweller once presented to Louis XV a brilliant stone with a blemish. The Count of Saint Germain, the enigmatic wizard already a [...]
The influence of esoteric philosophy on history and society
Author: Julian ScottMarch 28, 2026
The word ‘esoteric’ probably gives the impression of something obscure, reserved for the few, and having little resonance in the world outside some small, perhaps élite circles. However, nothing could be further from the truth. What I would like to show in this article is that, despite the fact that the word ‘eso-teric’ means ‘going [...]
George Eliot – Humanist, Sociologist and Knower of the Inner Life
Author: Julian PoweMarch 28, 2026
Eppie’s hand rests on the shoulder of her adoptive father, Silas Marner, as she looks her natural father, Godfrey, in the eye. Godfrey had deserted Eppie’s mother, who had then died shortly after giving birth to their daughter. He is now offering Eppie a life of comfort and thus redemption for himself. After finding and [...]