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    Virtus Mundi

    Axis of Virtue

    Essays on theology, myth, history, philosophy and the mind, and a timeline of the traditions behind them.

    1. The Kingdom at the End of Time

      On Śambhala, hidden kingdoms, and the struggle within

      Theology · Mythology

    2. The Tribe in the Tantra

      On the Banū Ṭayy, the Tazig of Tibet, and an Arab name in Bön and the Kālacakra

      History · Theology

    3. The Nine Ways of Bön

      On the Bönpo vehicles, their sources, and Iranian Central Asia

      Theology

    4. Iranians in the Tibetan Empire

      On Persian exiles, Sogdian envoys and Khotanese monks, seventh to ninth centuries

      History

    5. The Last Battle

      On malāḥim, Armageddon, mappō and the Kālacakra, and how old the idea is

      Theology · Mythology

    6. The Jews of Balkh

      On Halah, the mother of cities, and a land east of Eden

      History · Theology

    7. On Excellence in Our Lives

      On craft, obscurity, and the covenant with the self

      Philosophy

    8. The Muslims of Little Tibet

      On the Baltis of Baltistan, the Kache of Lhasa, and what they kept

      History

    9. Nezahualcóyotl and the One God

      On the fasting king of Texcoco and the god who could not be pictured

      Theology · History

    10. A Day of Reckoning

      On character, intention, and why resolutions fail

      Philosophy · Theology

    11. Heroism Across Tradition and the Axis of Perfection

      On Islam, esoteric myth, and the fate of empires

      Mythology · Philosophy

    12. The Red Book

      On Jung's descent, the Black Books, and the god he found within

      Psychology · Theology

    13. The Geology of the Soul

      On Jung's layered unconscious, Clauß's race souls, and what the evidence shows

      Psychology · History

    14. Growing in Pairs

      On a fair test of the catalyst pair, and how two people help each other grow

      Psychology

    15. The Sky at Birth

      On birth charts, the psychological types, and the patterns they share

      Psychology · Theology

    16. On Psychology, Tech, and AI

      On privacy, agency, and the ambient machine

      Psychology