Fundamentally, I believe religion is the most important facet of any given civilization. Some may have difficulty discerning the connections, yet at the very bedrock of what is idealized as culture, legislature, and the unthought of ways that people go about their everyday lives exists a link to the predominant
The days in uniform are over, but they live with you. Somewhere, wondering what happened, where the time went. Seems like just yesterday you were in green-on-green, sweating profusely while running a half marathon on Monday behind the 1st Sgt because everyone got too belligerently drunk before the
There's a wider epidemic of folks in my generation (millennial) not being able to 'grow up' remaining oversized children for their adult lives - this piece will deconstruct one aspect of the childish lifestyle the big kids enjoy. Playing video games. What is the video game? A
Heraclitus spoke "Πόλεμος πάντων μεν πατήρ ἐστι" and our humanity is revealed and questioned at the same time. It can be said without uncertainty that the state all people currently reside in has resulted from the outcomes of their most recent episode of war. No civilization can be
Before gifting flowers, boxed chocolate, and a note professing your affection, there was a festival - an ancient festival, with roots in the founding of Rome itself. Lupercalia was a festival held every year in Rome on February 15, a celebration meant to be a ceremony of purification and fertility. Rome
Prometheus, the titan of forethought, had been tasked alongside his brother Epimetheus 'afterthought' to populate their grandmother earth, Gaia. Zeus, now King of the Gods, had rewarded the brothers with this work for their loyalty in the Titanomachy - the great war between Gods and Titans. Prometheus was greatly
Fundamentally, this is the experience is embedded in mankind, the feelings that create understanding and respect no matter our differences. For many today, the idea behind passion is built upon strong powerful emotions whether positive or negative in nature, it is also interpreted as an intense desire, often for love
Carl Jung wrote: "When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate." Donald Trump is the fate of America's unconscious, both a symbol and a symptom of a nations unacknowledged shadow turned flesh. But a shadow does not appear on its own,
Finding yourself here reading this line is just a chance event - or has every single occurrence of your life led to this exact point? Something about the cultural sphere of the modern day urges you to shrug such a notion off, but there's something deeper near the very
Only if you take diligent action toward the task at hand. Now is often the time for nearly the entire world to craft what is widely known as a 'New Years Resolution' which translates into something you plan to do or a goal you aim to accomplish. Yet,
There you stand, at the edge of an 80 ft freefall into a vast lake. All you have to do is take a single step and allow gravity to assume control. And yet you're still, peering over the ledge with a marathon of questions and concerns regarding what
There was the Word; Spoken this word has the power to create, without limitation. In time we learned to write the word, as a way to transcend our spoken words across time into the minds' of others without them ever having to share the same space or hear our