Essays
The Abyss of Civilization
A six-essay series originally published in Resilience Magazine in 2025–26. Revised versions will appear here as they are completed.
Essay 1 of 6
The Invention of Gender Roles – Division by Design
The revised and authoritative version, including a note explaining the substantial corrections made after its original publication.
Essay 2
The Annihilation of the Ontological Feminine
The substantially revised version, reflecting the later development of Naturalistic Theory, DMR and SMR, and the corrected chronology of civilizational religion.
Essay 3 of 6
The Rise of Religion and Transcendence
The revised version corrects the chronology of institutional religion and distinguishes the earlier emergence of Direct Materialistic Reduction from the later Symbolically Mediated Reduction associated with named gods.
Essay 4 of 6 · Part I
The Western Mythos — Our Monster’s Spawn, Part I
Essay 4 of 6 · Part II
The Western Mythos — The Theological Architecture of Modernity
Essay Five