Ethereal Insights

Persian Kubachi ( زره‌گران ) tile depicting a young man Commentary on the War in Iran | Saturday – April 11, 2026 E vening has arrived... No, I was just kidding but I thought that my joke was good enough actually, and if you are interested in more commentary about the war in Iran, you may check that out here .     No, there is no evening to be mentioned when it comes to modern warfare , as they typically never seem to end . Well, that is not entirely true either because it is true that modern wars tend to end, but only after a very long time and usually never in a decisive way, although I did think that the American loss in Afghanistan in 2021 was quite decisive. It is in the nature of these wars that they should be dragged out as long and as far as possible, and usually there is an overwhelming, existential, dimension to such wars , but I have been over that in the past. I think that it should be made clearer yet that there will be no such thing as a victory or loss for any s...

Azadi Square, Tehran By Akbar Nemati War in Iran ! Monday – March 2, 2026 I've already linked to my previous post about this from the other day. So if you're interested in reading that post, clock on "Iran" in the heading.     At first, I didn't plan to write about Iran any further, since this really is a subject that falls outside the scope of this blog, but I actually believe that writing about Iran makes perfect sense, and yes the situation on the ground and the geopolitical background for this act of war perpetrated by the United States and Israel is something that I do not intend to cover, but I do believe that I should cover the aspects of this that covers the metaphysics of the modern world, something that I did for the most part the other day, but since that post about this subject didn't quite cover everything I feel obliged to follow up with some clarifications, and it may be that I end up writing about some material and political aspects in regard...

Azadi Square, Tehran By Akbar Nemati War in Iran ! Sunday – March 1, 2026 As I am writing this the situation in Iran is very volatile and "fluid" and "information" is very much disputed and unreliable, read " Navigating the informational landscape ". I do not believe in anything coming out of my news sources , at least not at the moment and we may be dealing with an enormous psychological operation here (PSYOP); well, actually regardless of the situation on the ground in Iran, what international media is now engaging in is essentially a large scale psychological operation, and really this is nothing but pure propaganda. Essentially, I can't discern anything happening on the ground in Iran and everything is simply too early to tell at the moment. Beyond that I believe that most people are ambivalent about this situation, which makes sense for the moment being, but do notice the masses and how they will slowly allow the propaganda to enable them to pivot...

Yahweh in  (יהוה‎) : Moses and the Burning Bush Clarifying Notes on the United States | Saturday – March 7, 2026 T he United States or perhaps America? Well, I suppose the "official" name is The United States of America. Whatever the name, I hope that I've made it clear that I'm referring to the U.S.A. or maybe I should use the U.S.? I don't know actually, so I've decided to go by America, even though, as I briefly explained in my notes on the ongoing war in Iran , simply calling the U.S.A., America is somewhat problematic, not the least due to the fact that America is situated on the North American continent, which is part of the Americas, refereeing to both North and South America, but I do believe that this somewhat clumsy introduction has made this point clear, so that I don't need to dwell on this any further or at another time; again, I will refer to The United States of America as simply America. Besides everything about the name, I really don't...

Biblical ( תַּנַ״ךְ ) depiction of the flight from Sodom and Gomorrah Duty or Call? Thursday – September 17, 2026 N avigating the difficult terrain in front of us can be hard, and in this way life can surely be said to be a curse. Oh yes, especially for those men who are facing disaster whether or not they like it, and this is the case for plenty of men out there, out there in the world, vast though it seems in this even larger cosmos. Yes, because that terrain is really filled with landmines, and sometimes you do not know when one of those mines will blow up, and when that happens you could die, but perhaps even worse you could lose one or both of your legs, your vision, your hearing, and perhaps even your mind. Yes, these are real things that afflict men every day, and if you have some kind of trouble understanding this, then perhaps you have already lost your mind, read " What is Mental Illness "? The question that I am dealing with today is truly difficult, and one of wre...

Photograph of the Atlas globe The State of the World | Sunday – March 15, 2026 W ars * , political troubles, a changing "world order", the internet , and general confusion ... These are the topics of the day and indeed our times, and quite frankly it would seem that the state of the world is quite dire, and this observation would be true, but only from a metaphysical point of view.  See, from a material and corporeal point of view, the state of the world has never been closer to complete material victory , and erasure of the essence within the substantive, a disconnect of sorts from the primordial body , and indeed it seems quite strange that so many people should be up in arms about the state of the world, until you consider, again, the informational landscape , that is, and the propagation of sentimentalism ; if there ever was a time to be a modern man, it would be now, although this seems quite obvious if you take a progressive and linear approach to the course of history...

Biblical ( תַּנַ״ךְ ) depiction of the flight from Sodom and Gomorrah Plastic Surgery | Thursday – August 27, 2026 S urgery, specifically plastic surgery is a topic that I have covered in the past, and in this post I have decided to respond to one of my readers who is wondering about plastic surgery, and I suppose that yes, plastic surgery can be quite a controversial topic, mostly because most people who claim to oppose plastic surgery are obsessed with tolerance , but there is also a certain amount of envy on the part of these people, but I may return to that later; in the meantime I direct you to my post " My Views on the Nature of Equality (Egalitarianism) ".      Now, this is a part of my " Answering Readers series ", which is where I am trying to respond to my readers, and I must say that I very much enjoy responding to your questions, and I intend to keep this up as long as you continue to write me letters. At this point I believe that I am quite able to kee...

Photograph of the Atlas globe Western Fragility | Monday – May 4, 2026 F rom a historical point of view, even a recent one, the pathetic state of the West is actually quite shocking, and even hard to understand because of how evil it is at the same time. What we are dealing with here is indeed evil and it would not be a stretch to call it demonic and satanic, but this disease , this mindset of the pray is no longer only contained to the West, which should be worrying, at least for those who claim that the world is yet to have entered into the last and terminal phase of this cycle . For me, on the other hand, the manifestation speaks for itself, as everything so far mentioned on this page is in keeping with the Kali Yuga and the approaching cataclysm . For me this fragility is not so much concerning as it is hauntingly telling, because indeed what we are dealing with here is haunting, something quite beyond concerning . Of course, I should mention, that evil is nothing new, but in th...

Hindu ( ॐ ) depiction of Kali ( काली ) Attacking Nisumbha ( निशुम्भ ) Terrorism | Saturday – June 20, 2026 T here is a lot of talk about "terrorism" and "terror" these days and a lot of it is coming from people and groups who themselves are engaging in what could be called "terrorism", read my mini series about the war in Iran here .      Now, I must admit that I do not care much for this label as I find it to be another annoying political label that is used against anyone that dares to question the established powers, read " Temporal Power ", and besides it is also the case that "terrorism" is a label that relies on the propagation of sentimentalism much more than an objective label that actually can stand on its own, and this is why the label will be applied selectively and subjectively rather than objectively, because a lot of people, as I mentioned above, that engage in what would amount to terrorism, have no problem in using thi...