INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 710 Amsterdam, April 26nd, 2018 PROGRESSIVE PATRIOTISM - PETER MERRY If progressives vacate the ground of patriotism and identity then it will be filled by ethnocentric voices driven by fear. In an article in Dutch newspaper Trouw (31.03.2018, Letter & Geest, pp 4–8), Femke Halsema (former leader of the Dutch Green-Left party, criminologist and sociologist) laments the fact that conservative politicians seem to have “stolen” the values of national pride. This is something I have been feeling for a while and her article at last pushed me into writing this article. My first intervention on this topic was to play William Blake’s Jerusalem very loudly to a progressive conference in London about 10 years ago accompanied by images of things that the the UK should be proud of. The reception was very mixed. Some people felt liberated and uplifted, others felt very uncomfortable and downright hostile. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/merry2.html GIORDANO BRUNO’S MULTIVERSE - A Glimpse of His Many Worlds - Preface - DAVID LANE I was raised in a relatively strict Roman Catholic household. I received Holy Communion at seven years old after giving my first official confession in front of a priest in a small, darkened cubicle. Later at the age of thirteen I was formally “Confirmed,” choosing “Xavier” as my saint's name. I attended Catholic schools for eleven years and even taught Religious Studies for five years at three different high schools (Moreau High School, Chaminade College Preparatory, and the University of San Diego, H.S.). From birth I was deeply indoctrinated into Christian ideas and was trained by a variety of nuns, priests, and brothers. We were taught that Roman Catholicism was the one true Church with a direct lineage connection to Jesus Christ through his disciple, Peter. Those who questioned or doubted the Catholic faith were regarded as heretics and because of their contrarian views would end up suffering in the afterlife for their apostasy. Read more: http://www.integralworld.net/lane140.html