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The Pattern Beneath All Things: Why Symbolic Thinking Still Matters

By Gary King Everything is symbol, and the symbol is everything. — Goethe Meaning Is Not Optional We live in a time that prizes facts,... Read More

Metaphors We Dream By: Semiotics, Narrative, and the Symbolic Fabric of Experience

By Gary King "Hermeneutics constitutes a particular power over time." —Jeffrey Kripal Semiotics, the academic study of signs and symbols, functions like a kind of... Read More

Squaring the Circle: The Martial Art of Uniting Heaven and Earth

By Gary King In a world overwhelmed by unrest—from the noise of executive orders to wars across continents—speaking about heaven on earth might sound like... Read More

On AI And Consciousness

https://youtu.be/PHzSHIZxyRo Computer scientist and futurist Jaron Lanier made some comments on Vox’s The Gray Area podcast the other day that I’d like to make a... Read More