While many view The Comedy of Errors as an early farce by the bard, Shakespeare injects it with an astonishing new dimension. He frames the entire play within two scenes quite foreign to the genre. These scenes grimly focus on a man being condemned to die for merely being a “Syracusian.” Thus, with almost alarming artistic originality,…
There is little need to ask what the central theme of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is. The answer stares us in the face. It is much ado about nothing, literally. Shakespeare makes no secret about it; he tells us point blank, since it is exactly what the title says. Being an uncomplicated theme, Much Ado About Nothing ideally…
From The Mystical Art of Shakespeare Volume I The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s nascent works. It demonstrates that Shakespeare, even from his inception as a playwright, has already crystallized his intent to deliver profound messages through his plays. All of Shakespeare’s plays are meticulously crafted to convey deep messages to humanity, with the…
From The Mystical Art of Shakespeare Volume I In Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare is in his artistic element, conveying a deep message for humanity with a masterpiece of rapturous brilliance, lyrically beautiful and profound. There is little need to ask what the central theme of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is. The answer stares us in the…
From The Mystical Art of Shakespeare Volume II The earlier scenes of Act I are preliminary actions that set the scene for the culmination of the first movement in Romeo and Juliet, which is Act I Scene 5, the final scene before the chorus reappears to introduce us to the rest of the play. The entire…
The transcendent light that burns within the text of a Shakespearean play is conveyed to us, in true mystical fashion by absorbing our very being into the enactment of its meaning. The message of the play is not conveyed intellectually; it is experienced. The mystical art of Shakespeare is thus the art of initiation. Shakespeare…
The Meaning of The Taming of the Shrew & Romeo and Juliet The Mystical Art of Shakespeare Volume II explains how Shakespeare meticulously crafted every scene of The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo & Juliet to each convey its central spiritual message, using three unique Shakespearean techniques: cohesive unity, thematic resonance, and focused allegorical scenes. Shakespeare’s plays are poetical…
The Meaning of Much Ado About Nothing & The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare’s plays are poetical masterpieces that not only mesmerize us with their lyrical beauty but also convey sage messages critically important to humanity. This means that Shakespeare is a greater literary genius than previously thought, and his plays more wonderful and profound than…
The Kabbalah, the Tarot and the Middle Way Kenneth Chan This paper shows how a detailed and inspirational map of the spiritual quest is created through an extraordinary synchronicity between the Kabbalah Tree of Life, the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path, the text of the Sefer Yetzirah, the Greater Arcana of the Tarot, the Uttaratantra Shastra,…
How Madhyamika Philosophy Explains the Mystery of Quantum Physics Abstract: The theory of relativity informs us that our science is a science of our experience, and not a science of a universe that is independent of us as conscious observers (see the explanation in this article: Why Relativity Exists). This nature of our science is…