Ethereal Insights

Photograph of the Atlas globe Is Diplomacy Worthwhile? Monday – October 19, 2026 T oday the world seems rather more dangerous than what it is, read " The State of Geopolitics ", or rather than what one objectively can assert, relying of course entirely on the still common reference point of history . Of course, the matter of diplomacy seems also rather more important today, and perhaps this is true and perhaps this is why I should write about the subject of diplomacy, but allow me to first attempt to point out the fact that there is an argument against diplomacy today, or rather an argument in favour of more personal and private diplomatic channels. You see, it seems to me that institutions such as the UN (United Nations) work poorly, and yes the argument is and should perhaps be that the UN works poorly because the nations that make up the UN have refused to grant it more power and influence, and I suppose then that the Secretary General of the UN António Guterres functions ...

Creation of Light ( אוֹר ) By Gustave Doré Genesis, Chapter 17 | Sunday – October 18, 2026 J ustifiable reasons brings us to ask why Yahweh ( יהוה ) allowed Abram ( אברם ), later Abraham ( אַבְרָהָם ), to live such a long life, granted we put the increase of mutations aside? Well, this was a subject that I covered in part 6 of this series , but again putting that aside, we may actually accept the invitation that Abram was simply destined by the hand of God , Yahweh in this context, and as such he lived because Yahweh was not finished with him in this world, in the world. Yes, certain people are chosen by God , for they are elect to see the light , and this was surely the case for Abram, and the first generations . Of course, by the time of Abram, the world had already begun to develop further and further away from its origin, from its primordial body , with the interruption of the great flood and the elimination temporarily of disease , yet this elimination would prove not capable o...

United Nations poster from 1943 Featuring the Allied Powers of WWII The State of Geopolitics | Saturday – October 17, 2026 P olitics is an issue that I tend to avoid, but as they say, the moderns, everything is very much about politics , and indeed this can be no less true for the world, or geopolitics, and since the world is finding itself in a certain moment, I have been forced, I feel, to make some comments. Now, perhaps these comments will be premature... Well, if they are premature, then so be it, for it was ordained to be so.     Now, I do not wish to take any sides because I am not affected by this flux, and because I regard myself as existing on a plane above all of these corporeal concerns. I should state that I completely reject the notion that I have to take sides in a conflict, in a tension that does not affect me, and if you believe that I must take sides, then you are mistaken, and really a participant rather than an observer , and in that case I can see why you...