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Author: Derek Parsons

Sacred Consecrated Spaces Waiting Rooms Places Erraticus
(Martin Lostak)
Culture Essays 

Consecrated Waiting Rooms

April 19, 2021December 27, 2021 12 min read Derek Parsons Architecture, Emotional Well-Being, Essential Reading

Whether we are religious or claim no sense of the spiritual, sacred spaces help us to better confront the transient nature of existence.

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Absurdism The Plague Albert Camus The Absurd COVID-19 Myth of Sisyphus
("Bring Out Your Dead" by Edmund Evans)
Essays Philosophy 

It’s All a Bit Absurd

February 15, 2021April 28, 2021 12 min read Derek Parsons Absurdism, Emotional Well-Being, Pandemic

Amidst a pandemic, Albert Camus’ novel The Plague suggests that we can find courage, community, and hope while embracing the absurd.

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Community Consciousness Mind Matter Panpsychism Derek Parsons
(Daniel Öberg)
Ideas Philosophy 

A Community of Consciousness: Bridging the Gap Between Mind and Matter

January 21, 2021June 11, 2021 8 min read Derek Parsons Consciousness, Nature, Panpsychism

Considering the practical consequences of panpsychism might shed some light on consciousness, bridging the gap between mind and matter.

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Spiritual Love Originates Shared Suffering Pity Erraticus Derek Parsons Sick Child Edvard Munch
("The Sick Child" by Edvard Munch, 1925)
Essays Philosophy 

Love Originates in Shared Suffering and Pity

January 4, 2021April 28, 2021 8 min read Derek Parsons Love, Relationships, Suffering, Tragedy

The early twentieth-century Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno clarifies the places and events from which love emerges.

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Loneliness in Nature and Threshold Places Erraticus Emerson Thoreau
(Derek Parsons)
Essays Philosophy 

Alone in One of Nature’s Threshold Places

July 1, 2020April 28, 2021 10 min read Derek Parsons Essential Reading, Henry David Thoreau, Nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Romanticism, Transcendence

The most fortifying experiences in nature are often found in lonely, transitional zones. But what is the reality of these threshold places?

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