WHEN POWER OVERRIDES CONSENT War, Presidents, and the Drift Toward Authoritarian Rule By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.Contributing Author: Janet Kira Lessin INTRODUCTION A PATTERN, NOT AN ACCIDENT The United States was founded in explicit rejection of monarchy, inherited power, and rule by fear. The Constitution established a radical premise for its time: political authority flows …
GOD AS STRUCTURE: SPINOZA, NATURE, AND THE COSMIC INTELLIGENCE OF REALITY
Article I – SPINOZA: GOD, NATURE & THE INVENTED HOLY SPIRIT By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) God Without a Throne Baruch Spinoza did not dismantle faith. He dismantled control. In the seventeenth century, when theology still justified kings, churches, and empires, Spinoza advanced a proposition so radical it triggered his expulsion from the …
SPINOZA: GOD, NATURE & THE INVENTED HOLY SPIRIT
SPINOZA: GOD, NATURE & THE INVENTED HOLY SPIRIT Primary Author:Dr. Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) Contributing Author:Janet Kira Lessin INTRODUCTION: SPINOZA AND THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO COSMIC WORLDVIEWS Baruch Spinoza researched, documented, and articulated a coherent philosophical system that aligned with the cooperative, nature-centered consciousness long associated with the Great Anunnaki Goddess Ninmah. He …