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Jung, the Quakers and Hitler: Irene Pickard (1891–1982) – reflections on researching her archive and other musings

Friday, 27 May 2022

Refuge, Relief, and Reconciliation

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I was asked recently what defined Quaker responses to war. The assumption was that it would be conscientious objection, but actually Quakers...
Friday, 13 May 2022

Hate had found respectable motives

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Polarisation of opinion happens as soon as wars break out. Nuanced understandings of the issues disappear and taking sides becomes, not just...
Saturday, 30 April 2022

Ourea, or the numinous presence of Allt-fawr

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  Capel y Gorlan, Cwmorthin Numinous this, numinous that, all I know is that sometimes we are forced out of our skin. A moment in time that ...
Saturday, 23 April 2022

Vranyo

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A blatant lie that it is necessary to believe. A substitute truth that forms an integral part of a fabricated reality. Vranyo say much about...
Saturday, 16 April 2022

Wars are like fires

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War is like a fire – if you do not put it out, it will burn itself out:  Sun Tzu, The Art of War   The fact...
Friday, 11 March 2022

Wars escalate to the level of violence necessary to obtain victory

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Having stayed in Lviv for a month and given a couple of lectures at the university, I feel the awfulness of this war in a more personal way....
Friday, 25 February 2022

Finding the narrative line

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Irene Pickard (née Speller),  started her adult life as a personal secretary, one of the few occupations open to 'respectable' young...
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