You can listen to the LIVE stream here. The allegories of the Shining and imagery of mirrors, the shadow world, and ghostly personas tell us more about our perceptions than about things going bump in the the night. What does it tell us about Severed Conscience? https://youtu.be/VBUvZpOLu80?feature=shared https://youtu.be/JRnvalwBhy8?feature=sharedIf Mirrors Are the Window Into The Soul, What Side is Looking In and What Looks Back At Us?The movie The Shining makes use of many metaphors to tell a terrifying tale, and Stanley Kubrick's eye for depicting the uncanny with jarring images has made the movie the source of much conjecture. How is that such terror can be invoked with such mundane elements as color, patterns in carpets, the use of light? Individually we can all cite elements that scare us, whether…
You can listen to the LIVE stream here. Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt? Latin: Where are those who were before us? Tonight can be considered the kitchen sink of Michigan legends, some history and a bit of reflection. https://youtu.be/rXdkCaw1UIY?si=sVb-Idnte9kwUj07Samhain (Sow-Win) Is The Celtic HarvestThe Celts are considered to have contributed many traditions to Halloween, or as it is known in the Celtic languages, Samhain. The Irish originated the tradition of carving gourds and turnips to ward off evil spirits. The end of summer means harvest time, and the passing of the year into the next with winter being a dark period synonymous with death and perhaps evil spirits. Samhain is one of the 4 Fire Festivals, and blood sacrifices were often made.It is interesting once Ireland adopted Catholicism, the practice…
You can listen to the LIVE stream here. Reach a consensus, reach across the aisle, compromise. Those phrases are shades of the Hegelian Dialectic, a Marxist technique that erodes adherence to our principles.This type of headline is so common today we come to expect as normal thinking. It's not. It's a method of control, the Hegelian Dialectic at work.We have discussed on many occasions our heritage of Natural Law, or what O describes as a bridge out of darkness to a better existence, a better fulfillment of human destiny in a grander plan. While some say America is the culmination of Western civilization, it can be argued that much of the concept of liberty, civil law and rights is amalgamation of British society, with the influence of Iroquois Nation and…
You can listen to the LIVE stream here. Fall is harvest time, and thoughts of the Pilgrams and Puritans come to mind. Wait - they weren't the same thing?The Puritans are a part of the fabric of our history. Many equate the values of founding with the values of Puritanism. This is incorrect, as we shall see.Cromwell And The First Republic in EnglandAmerica was not the first republic established by British leaders. After Elizabeth the First died, the Stewarts established a foot hold on the British monarchy, unifying Scotland and England when James the 6th became king, his new title being James the 1st. At the time strife between Catholics, Protestants, and the Anglican church were marked with torture and death, with each ruler forcing their subjects to reject the…
Show Notes: Summer's Going Fast, Nights Growing Colder Summer draws to a close, and we should be proud of what we harvest.A Special ThanksTonight is the last episode of Summer Nights Radio for the Summer of 2023. Summer Nights Radio was born out of a conversation, I thought it would be just a few special episodes that would showcase Severed Conscience and then would end. But each week seeing people return regularly for my ravings, my mental leaps with six degrees of separation, hearing how you enjoyed my adventures in upstate NY and in northern Michigan and sharing music with everyone really was special for me. I am so grateful to you for carving time on your Sunday evenings.Sadly summer is coming to a close, and so must Summer Nights…
By The Mighty Humanzee Link Back to LIVE Stream What does it mean when in the age of progress music from the past has more plays than the top hits? We're armed with so many digital libraries and tools, why is music so different? [shared_counts] Body-Ya - Feather It Out This episode airs on Sept 3rd, and if we're going to talk about music and be band nerds together, what better song than this one that is for this month, and is just full of so much joy? https://youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?si=hAos8UOjtAAtv4zv I have a few phrases I use that sum up how I think. It's mostly a musician's view: build a core melody, know your chords, and build as you go. Find the pattern, do a variation. Or as O says Zee,…
By The Mighty Humanzee Link Back to LIVE Stream The Maples and Oaks, trees are the path to our lineage. [shared_counts] Ininatig is Chippewa for Maple. We kicked off our Summer Nights Radio Episode with The Trees by Neil Peart, lyrics for a song in which the Maples demand that the Oaks share the light with them. Tonight Maples and Oak and how they figure into our history and Severed Conscience.The Legend of Maples and Their Magic Gift - Chippewa / OjibwaA very long time ago, when the world was new, Gitchee Manitou made things so that life was very easy for the people. There was plenty of game and the weather was always good and the maple trees were filled with thick sweet syrup. Whenever anyone wanted to get maple…
Show Notes: The James Gang Zee's dad inadvertently started him on the path to documenting Severed Conscience by taking a few courses in the 1960s ... [shared_counts] "Whenever my nephew Joey is in town he really fills the house"-- Prof Harold WalshWe naturally assumed he meant Joe Walshhttps://youtu.be/U_qHU_6Ofc0?si=6P9SkUWSt6kDHXAk While Professor Walsh taught philosophy at Michigan State University, and Zee's dad took several course from him in 1960s. From his obituary you can tell he was quite a guy.Fortunate, indeed, was I to have met Professor Harold Walsh (“Hal,” much later on) at a stunning public lecture he gave on the military industrial complex at Michigan State University in the autumn of 1966.He spoke that day with searing authority of the financial profiteering of war (perhaps echoing President Eisenhower) . Dr. Walsh…
Show Notes: 007 In Atlantis Buckle up, tonight we look at the agents who served Queen Elizabeth, one who signed his correspondence with 007, another who revolutionized science. How do they relate to Severed Conscience? "In Order for light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present"“Truth is the Daughter of Time, Not Authority”Sir Francis BaconThis episode was inspired by a conversation I had with O, who's love of history brings many great ideas to light.https://youtu.be/NR0UmZcf89Ehttps://youtu.be/YnzgdBAKyJoIn Elizabethian England, the Queen's Court was susceptible to infiltration. Elizabeth I was expelled from the Catholic Church, and subject to assassination plots. Communications needed to be protected. Cyphers were developed by John Dee, astrologer and mathematician.Some comic relief before we get to the history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRIi0rYBtxE QE I's Closest Advisor, 007 Henry's Ginger Daughter John…
Show Notes: The Big Chair We are going back to 1983 and to the start of a revolution and to the genesis of what could have stopped Severed Conscience. If You Missed the LIVE Stream, It's Right Below https://youtu.be/NNJeKXr1I2wThe 1980s had very iconic culture that supported the views of achievement, hard work, success and had a good understanding subtle irony. Quintin Tarantino claims it's the most boring era in film, but not if you understand that sometimes less is more.https://youtu.be/DeA7r0vBryE https://youtu.be/jmO6AiScSh8 The Thing To Get To The Thing https://youtu.be/yD_kCKiSkoIhttps://youtu.be/erxorxXIlAYhttps://youtu.be/A1390o5FgHU Chaos Theory and Fractals Not Common Knowledge Yet But Personal Computers Were About DISRUPTIONThe goal was to build something much different than IBM, Big Corp and even Apple. This disruption was to THINK for YOURSELF, build to make a difference. The…
