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Cognitive Hygiene and the Fountains of Human Ignorance (New)
    An in-depth look at the ways our own minds can mislead us. Why critical thinking
    alone won’t clean up the messes we make in our heads: we can’t just ignore how
    our brains work, and we really aren’t built to be rational. Thoughts and emotions
    have to work together. 545 pages. (Revised 1-21-19)

Carrying Capacity - Our Wickedest Problem (New)
    Carrying capacity is the Earth’s ability to support the aggregate effects of the human
    population indefinitely. It’s simple-minded to ask “How many people can live on
    planet Earth?” The answer has dozens of interwoven variables, rendering this a
    “wicked problem” (a technical term). Questions about carrying capacity must at
    least ask “How many people, at what average level of consumption, with what
    attitude towards Nature,” and the more serious systems thinkers need to add “and
    further allowing for [insert a couple of dozen additional variables here].” The human
    problem, the problématique humaine, as the Club of Rome termed it, is tangled
    beyond any hope of definitive answers, and perhaps beyond hope of solution. But if
    we don’t try, we can be certain that the world itself will eventually tell us what our
    limits were. This fairly short work will attempt to identify a couple of dozen
    variables, threads, or dimensions to this tangle, as embedded within the greater
    ecosystem. 137 pages. (Revised 8-28-19)
 
Notes for the Next Constitution (or maybe the one after that)
    Nations pass, and others take their place. It happens frequently, maybe once a year.
    These ideas are for them. Some are new, some have been proposed as amendments,
    and many have been borrowed from new constitutions around the world. Two
    omissions were corrected in 2018. Search terms: stare decisis and bigotry.
    183 pages. (Revised 7-28-18)

Resource Links and Lexicon for Ecovillage
and Intentional Community Design   (Newly Revised, 11-1-19)
   107 pages of links to all aspects of environmental design, with enough information
   and connecting links to build your own village from scratch.

Intervention
    Human-alien hybrids explain their invasion of Earth, but not from a human
    perspective. Not a novel, but still science fiction. I had a large number of thoughts
    that required a vehicle outside of the human kayfabe, the folie à plusieurs. I didn't
    want to write another Unabomber Manifesto and get called a sociopath, but it had
    to be morally challenging. 241 pages. (Revised 9-7-19)

Assorted Quotations (Newly Revised)
    A largish grab bag of favorites, in no particular order.
    381 pages. (Revised 2-24-20)

Yijing Studies (Yixue 易學)
The Book of Changes: Yijing (I Ching) - Word By Word
    Volumes One + Two. Now an unsecured, printable PDF. 1100 pages.
    How to get the printed books.
    Table of Contents. PDF. 2 pages.
Yijing Hexagram Names and Core Meanings
    易經卦名和中義  Yìjīng guàmíng hé zhōngyì
    134 pages. (Revised 1-12)
Yixue Bibliography
    An ongoing, collaborative project.
    177 pages. (Rev. 8-24-18)  
Yijing Links
   6 pages. (Revised 8-18)

Other Chinese Studies
Lao Zi - Dao De Jing (Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching) 老子 - 道德經
    Now an unsecured, printable PDF. 270 pages. How to get the printed books.
A Comparison Chart of Chinese Laozi Texts
    [Go to: Dao Is Open, use back button to return to Hermetica.info]
The Other Original Dao: The Path, before Kongzi and Laozi Paved It
    原道 27 pages. (Revised 8-12)
Laozi, Zhuangzi and Daoist Links (Revised 8-18)
A Zhuang Zi Bibliography (Zhuangzi, Chuang Tzu) (Revised 4-15)
A Huainanzi Bibliography (Huai-nan Tzu) (Revised 4-15

Buddhist Studies
Craving and Aversion as Addiction and Denial:
 Buddha's Eightfold Path as a Step Program
    277 pages. (Revised 12-13)
An Outline of the Buddha’s Teachings and
Glossary of Buddhism’s Basic Concepts
    58 pages. (Revised 5-13)
A Bibliography of Buddhism (and Recovery) (Revised 5-13)
Buddhist Study Links (with Addiction and Recovery Resources) (Revised 8-18)

Psychology’s Primitive Tongues: A Thesaurus of Occult Linguistics.
    The Development of Correlative Thought, Vocabulary and Grammar in Western
    Esotericism (the Western Mystery Tradition). Anyone who knows my work knows 
    that I’m not a “true believer” in the subjects below, but rather, a skeptic who still
    sees value in these studies. Sometimes this value is nothing more than a glimpse
    into the human mind by way of its projections onto the universe, clues about who
    we are found in what we wish to see; and sometimes, as with systems of divination,
    they serve as counseling languages for coping with change and anxieties about
    moving forward in time. These alone validate this study, regardless of any
    metaphysical truths or self-deceptions.
Tarot as a Counseling Language: Core Meanings of the Cards
    295 pages (Revised 2-20-20)
The Symbols of Western Astrology - A Primer  (New)
   28 pages (1988, Revised 12-19)
Psychology's Primitive Tongues - Bibliography 51 pages. (Revised 12-16)
Psychology's Primitive Tongues - Study Links 72 pages. (Revised 8-18)
    Study Links Outline PDF. 2 Pages. (Revised 8-18)

Environmental Design (and a pinch of social engineering)
Resource Links and Lexicon for Ecovillage and
Intentional Community Design
    Links to all aspects of “green” planning and design.
    107 pages. (Revised 11-1-19)
Site-Built Affordable Housing - A Primer
    68 pages. (Revised 3-08)
Local Regulatory Obstacles to Affordable and Green Construction
    9 pages. (Revised 8-07)
An Oncological Model of Government Growth
    24 pages. (Revised 3-08)
Designing Sustainable Communities:
Thoughts on a Much-Abused Subject
    This was going to be a book some day, companion to the Resource Links and
    Lexicon above. For now it's just an incomplete grab bag of general design ideas
    and principles, just food for thought. 22 pages, (Revised 2-08)

Personal Stuff
Haiku and Bumper Stickers 2 pages. (Revised 12-16)
Coming to Terms with Asperger's Syndrome: The Alien Point of View
    44 pages. (Revised 7-17)
Design Portfolio PDF. Some of my residential and commercial designs.
Design Poster PDF. Some of my favorite houses on one page
Pre-retirement (2008) resumé


                

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