Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

Book Review – What makes a man decide to “make one heap of all his winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss?” Perhaps we’ll never know the answer to that question, but many men, as well as women, have courageously rushed in where angels fear to tread seemingly all for the thrill of adventure.

Where Music Ends And Life Begins…

Editorial – “Tell me what music you listen to, and I’ll tell you who you are.”. This article draws parallel between the music and life.

Trust Yourself: A Review of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too… What happens when you start to live as your true self?

Q & A With Jon Anderson: The Making of “The Friends Of Mr. Cairo”

Wow. You’re not going to believe this. I hardly believe it myself. When I first heard “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” back in 1981, I never thought I would actually have the opportunity to interview Jon Anderson about his almost mystic collaboration with Vangelis.

Music That Makes Men Think—Think You Can Handle It?

Music Review. “The Friends of Mr. Cairo” by Jon & Vangelis is one of my top albums of all time. I’ve loved it from the first time I heard it, and I experienced an interesting phenomenon—you have a sense you know exactly what the lyrics mean, although you really don’t have a clue, and it doesn’t matter. Serenity drowns out the daily grind, and you flow with music that’s both powerful and soothing.

“The Twilight of an Era” by Mark Pevsner and Alexei Pehov

Fiction. If neither foe nor loving friend can hurt you… But even the strongest among us may have wounds that won’t heal. This is one of those stories you cannot talk about without spoiling it.

“If you can trust yourself”, you can think outside any boxes

Editorial. The truth is that most of us spend our lives making someone else’s dreams happen and we march to the beat of someone else’s drum. When we follow established patterns, we are safe, but, by following them, we also get a predictable result. Here is an old puzzle that can illustrate how we tend to box ourselves in.

Review of “The Art of Loving” by Erich Fromm

Book Review.. It is safe to say that, as a human being, you have spent at least some part of your life waiting for, searching for, experiencing, enjoying, and suffering somehow because of love (or the lack of it). Your pursuit of love may have taken place in the context of a family, a relationship with another person, your allegiance to a country, or your understanding of God. For a moment, consider your definition or description of love. How did you know where and how to look for it? How did you know that the love you were searching for would come or had already come to you? Has your concept of love ever disappointed you?

In his book, The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm gives theoretical descriptions and practical applications of love in the widest sense of the word, descriptions and applications that are anything but shallow and trite.

St. Crispin’s Day Speech from Shakespeare’s “Henry V”

Poetry. If anyone doubts the power of words, spoken or written, they need only read Shakespeare. Among Shakespeare’s works, few have the power of the scene from his drama “Henry V”, known as the “St Crispin’s Day Speech”.

“The Ascent” by Michael (Misha) Shengaout

Fiction. “Why do mountain climbers climb mountains? Can it really be just for the glorious view from the top? Weeks of suffering just for the beautiful scenery at the end of the road? I think the point is the ascent itself. However, life sometimes offers climbs even higher than Mount Everest. ” This story is inspired by Viktor Frankl, who appears as one of its fictional characters.