Issue: Empire

Lament for The Cross

A lament for a sacred symbol stripped of its truth. This is a cry against empire disguised as faith, and a call to remember the cross not as triumph, but as tenderness, protest, and presence. For those awakening, angry, or aching to remember—this is for you.

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Beyond Babylon: A Spiritual-Political Vision for the Age of Transformation

Revelation is not a prophecy of destruction but an unveiling—a call to move beyond empire’s illusions into a conscious, interconnected future. Beyond Babylon reinterprets apocalypse as transformation, offering a vision for governance, economy, and spirituality rooted in relational responsibility, planetary ethics, and the co-creation of meaning.

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Empire, Zealots, and the Cycle of History

Empire, Zealots, and the Cycle of History explores the recurring struggle between imperial dominance (Pax Romana) and armed resistance, revealing how both lead to cycles of power and violence. Could a third way exist—one that breaks the pattern? This article examines historical echoes and urgent choices for the 21st century.

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2.08: Exploration and Colonisation

Between 1450 and 1600 CE the world became entangled globally, as European explorer’s circumnavigated the globe, and established a network of maritime trade routes. This page contains links to the resources that supported the Shepway and District u3a’s Seminar for the Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality Group in October 2024.

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Exploration and Colonisation: The World between 1450 and 1600

An article summarising how Ottoman domination of Indian and Chinese trade routes to Europe led to European maritime exploration of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans between 1450 and 1600. Subsequent European colonisation of America and Africa transformed global interactions, destroyed ancient and long-standing empires in the Americas, established the Atlantic slave trade, and amplified the religious upheaval in Europe.

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