Chryptianity

Looking back to find the way forward — I moved to Prague in 1993, where I studied Gurdjieff and Ouspensky’s esoteric Christianity, texts from the Nag Hammadi Library, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Bible. I was in my late 20s when all of these pieces came together to form what I would later call Chryptianity. …

My most provocative pieces — My writing on the Bible focuses on several different aspects. The parables and miracles of Jesus are one aspect. The different systems found in the seven days of Genesis are another. The articles I write about these topics are not usually very controversial. There is, however, one series of articles…

When sphere packing meets the trigram — Recently I have been writing articles about an ancient esoteric system based on structures built from balls. My claim is that this system is the foundational system of what would eventually become astrology and the I-Ching. This system starts with a single ball and then at each level an additional…

Is music the universal language? — In Steven Spielberg’s 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the aliens communicate using a system combing color and musical notes. Notice in the clip below the hand signs given at the 15-second mark by French scientist Claude Lacombe, played by François Truffaut. These hand signs were invented…

Because we all have questions — The critic Blazh Femur has posed some questions concerning my work on the Bible and I have promised to do my best to answer them. My feeling is that others probably have some of the same concerns as Mr. Femur. These questions were in response to a couple of articles of mine…

You are doing it wrong — The coin method Using coins to cast hexagrams has been the standard method of casting hexagrams since the Tang Dynasty (608–907AD). We will quickly review this method as it is the easiest however, bear in mind that it does not produce the results with the same probabilities as the original yarrow stalk method.

A publication dedicated to unlocking the Bible’s secrets — What is Chryptianity and how to pronounce it? Chryptianity is a post-Christian religion, though religion may be too strong of a word for it. Basically, it is a new belief system based on a new understanding of the stories in the Bible. …

Biblical ages and the development of human consciousness — More heart, please I had a recent discussion with a Twitter follower. She told me that she enjoyed my articles but wanted more heart to go along with the contemplation. Sadly, I wasn’t able to give her what she craved. Fortunately, there is an author on Twitter with the handle @Rev_RolandUMC. Reverend Roland…

But you won’t like it — This article is an unhinged rant in response to Dan Foster’s article Why Did God Put the Stupid Tree in the Garden of Eden? Why Did God Put the Stupid Tree in the Garden of Eden? Clearly, it’s all God’s fault.medium.com Inside baseball I noticed a recent article by Benjamin Cain taking aim at Foster’s claim that Atheism is Not an Option by writing about The Inevitability of Atheism…