What the neuroscience of near-death experiences tells us about human consciousness trib.al/5oeJgjU

It’s down to … us … says Gerry Hassan 🇺🇦: “Ultimately the politics & mindset of self-government and independence should be about a growing maturity and embracing of difficult choices & debates, and showing in our collective actions that we are embodying a culture of independence.”

So how is this helping the climate issues in St Kilda scotsman.com/news/environme…

#Jung : 'The collective #unconscious is not only a receptaculum of the past, but also a living organism containing the future development as well as the past. The historical past casts its shadows into our souls, and even greater shadows in fact. The #shadow of the future allows

Reflect with us on the relationship on nonviolence and synodality. We share this paper by Marie Dennis and Ken Butigan, on the Synod on Synodality as “embodied nonviolence”. Share with us your own reflections!
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Because blowing up an empty mosque just for the hell of it is a great way to eliminate Hamas.

A large enough solar storm *will* take down the biggest high-voltage transformers, the backbone of the grid; replacing them turns out to be incredibly difficult, likely to take months if done under the best of circumstantces (there is *no* reserve, unaccountably - it's a few

An absolute coup today for this splendid BBC Radio Scotland programme. Our host Cathy in an extended interview with the great Christian thinker, public intellectual, Gifford Lecturer & activist (& now presidential candidate) Cornel West. About 34mns in
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'The Gàidhealtachd is full of outstanding female bards and singers, and this has been the case throughout history.'

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A sign that Strathclyde will rise again? A lovely photograph of our 1,500-year-old graveyard and A-listed Govan Old under the aurora borealis.

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It’s a troubled world right now but what is happening in Georgia has been overlooked and is so important. We must pay more attention to this struggle and what it means for human rights and democratic values.

What Kate Forbes has actually said, as opposed to the sensationalist tweets we are seeing.

21.2.23 Sky News - Questioned about her views on children outside of marriage, Ms Forbes told Sky News:

Final truth @ Eurovision. FREE PALESTINE. before you switch to BBC tonight for bread and circus 'grand final' think about implications of a genocidal state being included...what if they win? We lose. #BoycottEurovision2024 Please please share the link tiktok.com/@scottish_psc/…

There is no weighter evidence of the ROC falling off the Orthodox rails than its construction of the narrative that St. Seraphim of Sarov, who peacefully fed bears in forest, foretold and blessed nuclear weapons. Sad manipulation of his memory. Read here: publicorthodoxy.org/2024/05/09/are…

I have submitted my written evidence to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on its Stage 1 scrutiny of the Land reform (Scotland) Bill. Read my blog for more info. Summary thread follows 1/8 andywightman.scot/2024/05/land-r…

It’s a thrill to have Cornel West do the Gifford Lectutes in Edinburgh this week—the most revolutionary of US Presidential candidates. I’m such a fan. But he’s a lesson (to secular me) on our Scottish struggle with faith and politics. My The National col: thenational.scot/news/24313206.…

For all the Brits (!), I'll be talking about #OurFragileMoment with former Environment Minister of Wales, Jane Davidson (Jane Davidson) on the Discovery Stage at the @HayFestival, Friday May 24!
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If you can't make it up there, there's an online option!

Chair of the Scottish Land Commission, Michael Russell, delivers a keynote address at the Community Land Scotland Conference, sharing a vision for land reform that includes increased individual, collective, and national prosperity, whilst addressing feelings of alienation from the land.

Here’s something wonderful; a lady in green by Bronzino. We own it, but we’re not allowed to see it because it’s behind the Royal paywall. Hopefully one day it’ll be there for all of us to look at in The National Gallery. What colours! What character! Wonder who she was?

Faith In Public Life🧵[DM for an opinion piece] As a minister/theology/religion academic, who teaches ethics/political theology, it is fascinating to see so many people talking about faith in public life + frustrating to see how messy the exchanges are. I have some thoughts: /1