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…
Abstract A scientific analysis of Einstein’s theory of relativity proves that time and space are empty of inherent existence, in accordance with the Madhyamika philosophy of Buddhism. This is an inevitable conclusion that can be demonstrated, purely by simple logic, to be true. The proof stems from the realisation that relativity exists only because our science is…
(published in the Mensa International Journal, No. 339, Sep 1990) According to the crucial postulate in Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, the speed of light is always constant relative to all freely-moving observers. This means, for example, that if you measure the speed of a light ray to be 300,000 kilometers per second while…
This paper was published in the anthology of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE), entitled Thinking on the Edge (Agamemnon Press 1993). It was approved for publication by the physics consultant for the book, Professor Kip S Thorne (Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, and the 2017 Nobel Prize Winner for…
Abstract: This paper provides the reason for the existence of relativity that Einstein himself never realised. In the theory of relativity, time and space distort depending on our state of motion, while the speed of light always remains constant. Einstein considered the constancy of the speed of light as a postulate that cannot be explained….