I write at The Reflective State, where one of my ongoing series is Mountain Mysteries—atmospheric tales of mystery, folklore and the unexplained set in the mountains of India.
If curiosity ever brings you my way, I'd genuinely love to know what you think.
Bless you, DC… it really does feel like a very slippery thread unravelling only a bit at a time. I agree. It is odd and weird. So don’t distress yourself. I understand some of the trajectory- the threads, then they fall apart, then I pick it up again. But I’m following that thread, that’s for sure… I’m pretty focused on finding a perspective on communicating, or a way to communicate that is more love than hate. More than dialects, or cultural frames of reason. A place for communicating that has at its base, not transaction (as English does) but care.
More essays are coming. But it’s the psychic space, the imaginary realm of the physical organ that I am drawing on, much like Sheldrake and lots of others (quantum, pointed out matter has consciousness, and that matter does things) … well, I think Placental Language might possibly say things
… What like I hear you say? Because of its role and its connection to bodies both past and future DNA - I will explain this in an essay, soon... but it must be about connection and care and balance and generation of life My work is relevant i terms of a problem known as The Hard Problem of Consciousness: ie The inability of traditional science to explain how subjective experience arises from completely unfeeling, mechanistic brain tissue. It’s a philosophical viewpoint that matter possesses consciousness; this is known as panpsychism, which argues that mind or soul-like qualities are fundamental and ubiquitous features of the physical world. And this is pretty exciting. We accept that the stomach gives messages to the brain and in reverse... and the heart too holds information and yearnings that are not explained by reasonable thinking ... so I’ve gone to the source of 'it all ', listening to the placenta ...
Two women pioneers from the past inspire me ... an essay on them and panpsychism will be ready soon.
Anne Conway (1631–1679): An English philosopher who developed an early form of panpsychism. In her work The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, she argued against René Descartes’ view that matter is dead and separate from the soul. Instead, Conway proposed that all created substance is a single material substance that is inherently alive, perceptive, and capable of motion and thought. Her ideas directly influenced the famous philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673): A philosopher, poet, and scientist who defended a unique version of vitalist materialism. Cavendish argued that all matter in the universe is self-moving, animate, and possesses varying degrees of "sensitive and rational matter". Rather than viewing thinking as a privilege exclusive to human brains, she claimed that thought occurs across the entire spectrum of nature, including insects, cells, and rocks. An interesting novel-come-bio on her is published by Dorothy, Margaret the First: A Novel by Danielle Dutton
Writing philosophy (a loving of knowing- think of it as a verb) is hard but rich and often fun. I very much appreciate that you have followed me along on this journey so far. Please feel free to ask me more questions if you feel inclined or comment at will. All the best, Majena
“I am a feminist theorist and poet working at the blood-edge of language.”
That phrase alone made me stop. This feels less like conventional poetry and more like language being dismantled until sound itself becomes meaning.
Experimental. Audacious. Mesmeric. I'M SUBSCRIBING!
I write at The Reflective State, where one of my ongoing series is Mountain Mysteries—atmospheric tales of mystery, folklore and the unexplained set in the mountains of India.
If curiosity ever brings you my way, I'd genuinely love to know what you think.
Bless you, DC… it really does feel like a very slippery thread unravelling only a bit at a time. I agree. It is odd and weird. So don’t distress yourself. I understand some of the trajectory- the threads, then they fall apart, then I pick it up again. But I’m following that thread, that’s for sure… I’m pretty focused on finding a perspective on communicating, or a way to communicate that is more love than hate. More than dialects, or cultural frames of reason. A place for communicating that has at its base, not transaction (as English does) but care.
More essays are coming. But it’s the psychic space, the imaginary realm of the physical organ that I am drawing on, much like Sheldrake and lots of others (quantum, pointed out matter has consciousness, and that matter does things) … well, I think Placental Language might possibly say things
… What like I hear you say? Because of its role and its connection to bodies both past and future DNA - I will explain this in an essay, soon... but it must be about connection and care and balance and generation of life My work is relevant i terms of a problem known as The Hard Problem of Consciousness: ie The inability of traditional science to explain how subjective experience arises from completely unfeeling, mechanistic brain tissue. It’s a philosophical viewpoint that matter possesses consciousness; this is known as panpsychism, which argues that mind or soul-like qualities are fundamental and ubiquitous features of the physical world. And this is pretty exciting. We accept that the stomach gives messages to the brain and in reverse... and the heart too holds information and yearnings that are not explained by reasonable thinking ... so I’ve gone to the source of 'it all ', listening to the placenta ...
Two women pioneers from the past inspire me ... an essay on them and panpsychism will be ready soon.
Anne Conway (1631–1679): An English philosopher who developed an early form of panpsychism. In her work The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, she argued against René Descartes’ view that matter is dead and separate from the soul. Instead, Conway proposed that all created substance is a single material substance that is inherently alive, perceptive, and capable of motion and thought. Her ideas directly influenced the famous philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673): A philosopher, poet, and scientist who defended a unique version of vitalist materialism. Cavendish argued that all matter in the universe is self-moving, animate, and possesses varying degrees of "sensitive and rational matter". Rather than viewing thinking as a privilege exclusive to human brains, she claimed that thought occurs across the entire spectrum of nature, including insects, cells, and rocks. An interesting novel-come-bio on her is published by Dorothy, Margaret the First: A Novel by Danielle Dutton
Writing philosophy (a loving of knowing- think of it as a verb) is hard but rich and often fun. I very much appreciate that you have followed me along on this journey so far. Please feel free to ask me more questions if you feel inclined or comment at will. All the best, Majena