Here I apply ideas and central themes expressed in my books to illuminate or simplify present complexities. It may be a comment on a person, policy, process, a poem, philosophical perspective or a spiritual position.

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Spiritual

Religious, philosophical or spiritual perspectives.

Portrait of Thomas H. Huxley. Drawing by Alphonse Legros via WikiCommons.

Alex O’Connor. Thanks… but No Thanks

You make me surer than ever of the foundation of spirit, Christianity and God.

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James Tunney

Dec 10, 20259 min read

Fool’s Cap World Map. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Comedians Snorting with Soldiers at Golgotha: Gaslighting by Gasbags

“Quis deridet derisores?” Who mocks the mockers?

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James Tunney

Nov 30, 202529 min read

Konstantinos Kontarinis The Allegory of the Holy Communion. Creative Commons.

Papal to PayPal and Flying Sorcery of The New Communion

The concept of communion is the centre of the battle for humanity.

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James Tunney

Nov 28, 20254 min read

Entombment or Enwombment: Mummy or Mother

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

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James Tunney

Nov 25, 20257 min read

Joos de Momper the Younger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

A Singular Revolution from the Tower of Babel

I define the mono-revolution in another way, focusing of bad faith non-believers.

Spiritual

James Tunney

Nov 20, 202511 min read

From Celestial Cloister to Cellar: Selling Klosterphobia and E-Claustrophobia

Thinking we are being liberated by tech-expansion, we are imprisoned instead.

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James Tunney

Nov 20, 20258 min read

The End of Judaism: A Note on the Clerk’s Well

Harari sees a catastrophe for religious Judaism and so do I.

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James Tunney

Nov 7, 20255 min read

Arch of Titus, 1855 - Public domain dedication, Art Institute of Chicago.

Sacramentality to Sackamentality: A Suggested Concept

I suggest a concept of sackamentality to indicate an assault on the sacred.

Spiritual

James Tunney

Nov 4, 20253 min read

Christ and Spiritual (R)evolution: A Very Brief Pointer

We need spiritual (r)evolution to combat the mono-revolution against Christ

Spiritual

James Tunney

Oct 31, 20253 min read

Defining the Mono-Revolution and Sili-Transubstantiation

Modern revolution is a permanent political process driven by denial and defiance of God, especially as revealed by the apostolic Church.

Spiritual

James Tunney

Oct 30, 202515 min read

Miniatura del Breviculum ex artibus de Ramon Llull. Public domain photograph of 13th-14th-century medieval illuminated manuscript.

Once Upon a Time… A Revolution… Howth

By outsourcing memory to AI and networks we will be possessed or implode.

Spiritual

James Tunney

Oct 19, 202516 min read

James Joyce: AMGOD Dogma, God Ma or Go Mad?

Abandonment of religion and God comes at a price.

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James Tunney

Oct 15, 202511 min read

Purnity: From the Porn of Poverty to Unity and (P)Unity in Catholicism

The dark side of unity.

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James Tunney

Oct 7, 20253 min read

Glimpses of the Rose Garden

Reflections on the kidnapping of Gena Heraty

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James Tunney

Oct 3, 20259 min read

100 Reasons Why Ireland is No Longer a Catholic Country

Many explanations I hear for Catholicism’s decline in Ireland are severely limited and too reductive.

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James Tunney

Aug 27, 202530 min read

Faustus Loses Us. Hell No!

Western society is sometimes regarded as Faustian but there are fundamentally different interpretations of Faust related not least to changing ideas of moral consequence.

Spiritual

James Tunney

Aug 11, 202512 min read