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Songs of a Man Who Died of Love
This is first and foremost a book about longing...emerging from out of nowhere, and merging into the unnamable. It stands as a collection of poems, paeans, and prose pieces that praise the spaces of intense yearning. This collection was originally conceived as a companion piece to a now unpublished novel, brought forth between 1999 and 2000. These bursts of expression - of language desperately attempting to find form - exist now as a stand alone assemblage of words made flesh. To accompany the 19 paeans of longing the author has included 19 original photos taken from his personal collection.
The Inversion
Rewriting perceptions of reality and unravelling the conspiracies of the modern mirror-world Have you ever wondered why things in life aren't quite as they seem? Why we celebrate distorted entertainments to such an extreme; or why an industrial-technology-media complex has become the dominant political and economic force of governance? Why our way of life seems morally corrupt and our choices upside-down? This is the Inversion: the model of reality that our brains have been programmed to accept and which also compels us to participate in and sustain. In his ground-breaking book, Kingsley Dennis examines these issues, questions this reality-model, and comes to some surprising conclusions. Den...
Healing the Wounded Mind
There is a mental malaise creeping through the collective human mindset. Mass psychosis is becoming normalized. It is time to break free... One of the key problems facing human beings today is that we do not look after our minds. As a consequence, we are unaware of the malicious impacts that infiltrate and influence us on a daily basis. This lack of awareness leaves people open and vulnerable. Many of us have actually become alienated from our own minds, argues Kingsley L. Dennis. This is how manipulations occur that result in phenomena such as crowd behaviour and susceptibility to political propaganda, consumerist advertising and social management. Mass psychosis is only possible because hu...
New Revolutions for a Small Planet
According to sociologist Kingsley L. Dennis, our current economic woes are part of a larger shift in the way our global systems function. In his recent book, New Revolutions for a Small Planet (Watkins, November 2012), Dennis provides a strong dose of hope for young adults everywhere—especially those hit hardest by the current economic crisis. According to Dennis, we are witnessing the last throes of the industrial revolution model and mindset. "The signs are all around us," he says, pointing to the rise of decentralized communications, the growth of NGOs and volunteerism, and rising social unrest against dysfunctional political systems. "These are all harbingers of the next phase of our s...
Reflections
REFLECTIONS: A Collected Tapestry of Thoughts is a collection of the author's writings over a two-year period (2012-2013). Each written piece initially appeared as a monthly 'reflection' in the author's newsletter. The range of topics covers both the macro and the micro: global affairs and an individual's inner life. Rather than writing about time-specific events, Kingsley focuses instead on situations, human behaviour, states of being, and the world at large, in a way that is timeless. The collection includes twenty-six short articles; each accompanied by a wise saying and an ancient tale. Two longer essays form an appendix that close the collection. These Reflections -collected together as a whole as they are now for the first time - form a tapestry: a mosaic, or rather design, of a bigger picture
The Seeker
The path that lies before us is never a straight path. Rarely do things work out the way we would like them to. Life is unexpected - and so will be the future. What we rarely see are the anomalies that come from the places we least expect, and which offer us unknown paths to walk. Yet maybe, just maybe, it is these anomalies that are needed to move forward - in ways not obvious to us. Jacob the Seeker is one such anomaly. Or he will be one such anomaly, for his world has not yet come about. It beckons to us from our own near future - a future that is after the global collapse of human civilization ...after the 'Great Turning.' What arises are two possibilities: the technological monastic Nous-City; and the scattered enclaves and walled settlements of remaining humanity. Two evolutionary streams lie ahead, mutually independent and yet with the potential for merger. That potential lies in the choices Jacob the Seeker will make. A new spiritual call descends upon the ruined planet, asking for the next phase to be undertaken for the Earth - Immanentize the eschaton!
The Sacred Revival
The Sacred Revival is a thought-provoking examination of the social, cultural, and personal development that is part of a new and unfolding era in our history. Its central thesis is that a new form of energy has entered our post-industrial (post-mechanical) epoch, and that this energy will be more conducive to a respect for feminine attributes and organization and our inward “interior search and gaze.” The author predicts there will be a healing of life on the planet from an emerging new planetary ecosystem that will be physical-digital-biological and a greater drive toward a coherent cosmic consciousness. He explains that one of our greatest needs is for a connection with the transcendent.
The Foundation
At the heart of The Foundation lies a community. It is a community of knowledge. It is also an enigma. Set within a seemingly controlled environment, the narrator is given contact with those who can help her develop her own understanding. From time spent amongst those of the Foundation, the narrator learns more about the true nature of the Citadel, her civilization, and of life on the planet. Through the narrator's experiences we also learn about the aims and objectives of the mysterious Foundation. We come to know of the 'bigger picture, '...and the impulses behind life in the cosmos. We were never alone - we just didn't realize how connected we truly were. ***** The Foundation is more than a narrative - it is a journey within the mind of the reader.
The Citadel
The people of C-T live within the shadows of a great Citadel. It protects them from the blazing heat of the two suns that move across the skies overhead. To survive they must live, work, and move amongst the shadows cast by the tall walls of the Citadel. The avenues of C-T have been constructed in layers of neighbourhoods around the mysterious edifice that towers above them from the centre of their lives. Life in C-T is highly regulated, and is organized through specialized guilds. As the nameless young narrator moves amongst the members of these guilds - the Calligrapher; the Smithy; the Scholar; the Philosopher; the Money-Lender; etc - we learn indirectly about peoples' lives, attitudes, and understanding. Yet most of all, we look through the peoples' eyes as they try to fathom the great mystery of the Citadel. Yet at the very end of the journey we learn a surprising truth. Until then - the secret protects itself...as it has always protected itself. The Citadel is an allegory on human nature, as well as an intriguing and entertaining narrative.
The Custodians
'If it were not true, it would not be so' And so it was, and so it is - welcome to the world of the Custodians. It is a world where divine Providence provides and faith is tested by a series of odd encounters. Meet Anwar and Father Nuri, two shrine custodians who spend their time in meditation together: one the teacher, the other the former pupil. Their purpose in life is to be the custodian of a shrine, and to provide blessings for the pilgrims who come to visit them. Together, they bring us to an understanding that knows no speech, or speech knows not quite what to say. And they also collect berries. Meet Nassa, the man whose life was saved by a fish. He is ready and eager to spend a few d...
