To access the Elysium's Passage blog host site, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage To copy and send this post: https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts   The following list of URLs is intended to assist anyone interested in Elysium's Passage blog articles in rapidly finding and accessing over 190 (and counting) posts on this site. Section A lists the majority of topics without regard to subject or posted dates. Section B relates to personal profiles. Section C has a number of my photos, including pictures of my mountain climbing adventures and my cabin ...

For more Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 180 links, orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site    __________________________   . MONTHLY MESSAGES  FROM THE PASSAGE  . Until a few years ago, I posted short articles each month on a variety of topics that centred on themes in Elysium's Passage novel series. I intend to continue this, but I'll likely only have time for one or two articles per month, down from the four I used to include each month up to 2022. At the time, ...

For more ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE Blog Posts, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts or https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage  ALL AND NOTHINGNESS: A VOICE IN THE NIGHT "In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters."                                                  ...

To access more articles on this blog site, see Blog Post Links to Elysium's Passage https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  . Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was a highly regarded American Professor of Literature who taught and wrote on Comparative Mythology and Religion. He was also featured in several television and movie productions.   His quote, ‘THE CAVE YOU FEAR TO ENTER HOLDS THE TREASURE YOU SEEK,’ is replete with meaning. But rather than go into my own speculations on what meaning may be found in these words, I ...

For more ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE Blog Post links, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  ***** SOON TO BE PUBLISHED *****  ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE NOVEL SERIES THE ASCENT - THE SUMMIT - QUANTUM LEAPS - SURREAL ADVENTURESMYSTICAL ROMANCE - THE ELIXIR - THE RETURN The end of this post has a brief summary of each of the novels I posted several individual chapters of The Ascent a few years ago, but later took them down as I made further revisions to the book. I have now reposted the first seven chapters, roughly ...

For more ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE Blog Post links, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts or Host Site: https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage  ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: SURREAL ADVENTURES is the fourth novel in the ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE series, the sequel to ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: QUANTUM LEAPS. The projected release date is spring 2026, along with the other six novels in the series. The plot of SURREAL ADVENTURES continues where QUANTUM LEAPS leaves off. The narrative becomes even more intriguing with its interwoven themes and complexities. The pace picks up momentum as James, the narrator ...

For more links to Elysium's Passage blog posts, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts f HOW TO WEAR THE WORLD Wear the world as a loose garment which touches in a few places and there lightly. Most of us, it seems, live our lives closely attached to the world and what it affords us because that's all we know. And so, when something comes along like a killer pandemic, everything in life feels threatened, including our bodies. We're not sure what might come next and so we cling on ...

HOW TO VIEW CLIMATE CHANGE If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back at you. Friedrick Nietzsche I'm not sure specifically what Nietzsche had in mind with this quote, but for me, it suggests that if we focus on something we perceive to be a problem, which may or may not exist, we will make it real for ourselves as it gazes back up at us. Such is the phenomenon of projection. So, if we're looking for ...

To read over180 more posts on this blog site, go to:https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  . ***** SOON TO BE PUBLISHED ***** ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE NOVEL SERIES THE ASCENT - THE SUMMIT - QUANTUM LEAPS - SURREAL ADVENTURESMYSTICAL ROMANCE - THE ELIXIR - THE RETURN. The end of this post has a brief summary of each of the novels THE RETURN . Book Seven... first third, Chapters 1-8 . The following eight chapters are approximately one-third of ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: THE RETURN, my seventh and last novel in the Elysium's Passage series.  I'm posting this to provide ...

For more ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE posts, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-postsShare this post-Plato or Aristotlehttps://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/plato-and-aristotle   THE ONE IN THE MANY AND THE MANY IN THE ONE  THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS Roman fresco by Raphael Scuola di Atene - Italian Renaissance painter   For centuries, Western intellectuals, the ones who influence our precepts and cultural direction, have been divided between Plato and his student Aristotle. What do I mean by that? Take a look at their fingers. Plato has one finger pointed upwards, indicating the One in ...

For more Blog Post Linkshttps://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts  Jesus said, "I am the one who comes from what is whole… if one is whole, one will be filled with light, but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness."From the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas (Unearthed near Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1948)  The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. From the Gospel of Matthew 6:22 Physicist David Bohm was before his time ...

The following article is from a transcript of a recent talk given by Dr David Jones, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. The Latin phrase, PULCHRITUDE SPLENDOR VERITAS, Beauty is the Splendour of Truth, well illustrates the following article by Dr Jones. This is a theme repeatedly emphasized in Book Five of Elysium's Passage novel series, Mystical Romance. As an aficionado of the Romantic poets for most of my adult life, I asked Dr Jones if I could include his talk on ...

Blog Post Links to Elysium's Passagehttps://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts WORD PAINT ACADEMY So what's WORD PAINT ACADEMY about?  In the words of Sir Francis Bacon Words are images of matter; to fall in love with them is to fall in love with a picture.                                                     Vincent Van Gogh's dream-inspired paintings were among the best, but dream-inspired word pictures can be just as creative, if ...

For more ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE Blog Post links, go to https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts or Host Site: https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage  HOW CONSCIOUS ARE YOU? . The title of this post asks, "How Conscious Are You?" But before we pursue this question, it would be helpful to first understand what consciousness is. So, where does one begin? Some might say you either are or you aren't conscious; you're awake, or you're asleep. And yet, how many think they are awake when, in actuality, they go through life in what is effectively ...

 For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 190 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site  WHAT IS COMMUNITY? “Come on people nowSmile on your brotherEverybody get togetherTry to love one anotherRight now.”   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iww5G24rikU   What does community mean, and what does community do? At the base, community is about relationships, so it is never static and has infinite expressions. What makes for a healthy community, and what makes for a dysfunctional community? Let me share a few simple thoughts and opinions on this ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 190 post links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site   ___________________________________________    WISDOM VS INTELLIGENCE  Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. - Rumi                                                                                 ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 190 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site  ___________________________________________ BRINGING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS In all chaos, there is a cosmos, in all disorder, a secret order.                                          Carl Jung                          _______________________________________ There is so much that can be said about the dynamic of chaos and ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 180 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site  . THE ART OF HAPPINESS (HOW TO BE HAPPY MORE OFTEN)  God shows mercy to everyone, loves everyone, and wants to make everyone happy forever.   Emanuel Swedenborg (1688- 1772), Swedish philosopher, seer and scientist                                   Recently, I took an evening walk along a river in a natural park nearby and felt very happy and content. The new leaves of the trees and shrubs still smelled fresh, the birds were singing, the ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 160 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site    ___________________________________________   May 5.22   ALL AND NOTHINGNESS.   In this post, I look at the esoteric meaning of the concept of Nothingness in contrast to its opposite, All and Everything. Can there be something without the existence of nothing? (Btw, ever notice that nothing is a conjugation of 'no-thing,' just as nothingness is 'no-thing-ness.') But how can we say nothing exists if it’s nothing? Hmm, good question.  So then, it seems ...

For more Elysium's Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 160 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site    ___________________________________________   WHAT'S YOUR RESTING POINT? . If we apply the term Resting Point to our lives, we may also describe it as the set-point where we are most at peace, or as Presence, where our soul experiences complete stillness and silence within, regardless of the noise and commotion outside. For many of us, our resting point is most evident in deep sleep. But even then, we often have ...