This is the blog of Paul R. Boudreau and Lloyd M. Dickie on the use of myths in support of personal development and self-study.
Those whose acquaintance with scientific research is derived chiefly from its practical results easily develop a completely false notion of the mentality of the men who, surrounded by a sceptical work, have shown the way to kindred sprits scattered wide through the world and the centuries.
A Contemporary has said, not unjustly, that in this materialist age of ours the serious scientific workers are the only profoundly religious people.
Einstein - Ideas and Opinions - page 40.
"How can cosmic religious feeling be communicated from one person to another, if it can give rise to no definite notion of a God and no theology? In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are receptive to it." Einstein - Ideas and Opinions page 38.
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Page 11 Ideas and Opinions.
Into the final week of preparations for a motorcycle trip to explore the "Flood Myth" in North Western states. I want to check out the geological evidence in Montana, Idaho and Washington States.
Here is a comment a reader made after reading the book:
So Ra-Horakhty, Osiris and Horus go into a bar and he sits down on a stool?
:-)
There is some great photography of the Milky Way that highlights it as the Ancient Egyptian neter Nut.
https://500px.com/photo/209884269/earth-day-aurora-by-rob-dickinson
