A.1. Introduction: Unveiling The Mind(s) Behind the Doctrine of Mind Published in 1908, The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy by the anonymous “Three Initiates” is undeniably one of the most famous and influential occult texts of all time. This holds true to the chagrin of many occultists who have rightfully questioned its invented frame narrative, divergences from classical…
Category: Human Psychology and Behaviour
The Power of Self-Efficacy: A Useful Tool to Transform Our View of Ourselves and Others and Get More Effective Results in Our Work, Play, and Relationships
By Adam J. Pearson One of the most interesting things I learned as a student of both psychology and pedagogy was the concept self-efficacy. This vital idea has a powerful effect on how we live our daily lives, how we teach, lead, parent, work, play, grow in our hobbies, and develop in relationships. As a…
The Myth of the Literal: Reflections on the Metaphorical Nature Of All Language and Human Knowledge
By Adam J. Pearson (2021) After years of reflection on this bizarre mystery posing as a self-evident truth, I’ve come to conclude that there’s no such thing as “literal language;” it seems to be metaphors all the way down, like the “turtles all the way down” of the traditional proverb. The word “literal” itself appears…
Aligning with the Source: Unlocking Hidden Meanings of “Worship” in Ancient Hebrew, Greek, and English
By Adam J. Pearson “Whoever gives reverence, Receives reverence.” ~ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī in the Masnavi-i Ma’navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی) (Sidek, 2015). A Brief Introduction to the Idea of Worship in Postmodern Context: Recovering a Key to Wise Living and Right Relationship with Being “Worship” is a fascinating concept that has in some ways become foreign to contemporary…
Towards an Informationist Post-Metaphysic
By Adam J. Pearson I recently came to the conclusion that the universe is not fundamentally composed of ‘matter,’ at its explanatory bottom, but rather of information, indeed a field of infinite potential and informational possibilities that manifest as finite actualities within universes constrained by discrete sets of physical constants and universal principles (“laws of…
Life Beyond the Fall: A Literature Review and Comparative Analysis of Two Qualitative and Quantitative Studies on Risks of Falls in Older Adults
By Adam J. Pearson Introduction: Hazards of the Fall Expressing a perennial sentiment common to many older adults, one 94 year-old participant in Yardley et al.’s (2006) qualitative study reported that “Before my fall, I never thought twice about moving around my home. Since I fell and broke my hip, though, things have changed; I…
“Modernity has Failed Us:” The 1975’s “Love It If We Made It” as a Commentary on Three Contemporary Social Trends with Concrete Policy Implications
By Adam J. Pearson An Introduction to Modern Failures: Social Policy and The 1975’s“Love It If We Made it” The perennial role of the artist is to reach deeply into the ethos of a culture or the zeitgeist of an age and manifest its core essence in creative form. In their 2018 single “Love It…
Eight Forms of Opposition to Making Community Change and How to Tackle Them
By Adam J. Pearson Introduction As I researched the processes by which community groups attempted to make change in community practice, particularly when it comes to doing anti-oppressive practice work, one theme came strongly to the forefront. This is the theme of opposition to change and it directly ties into many of the examples we have…
6 Key Domains of Macro Social Work Practice
By Adam J. Pearson, Clinical Social Worker Specializing in Gerontological Social Work and Empowering People with Physical Disabilities (SAPA-DP) Introduction Social Work was designed from its onset to operate on multiple levels at once. At the greatest extremes of scale, we have micro-level clinical work with individuals, couples, and families and work on the macro-level…
Emotional Labour in Work With Older Adults and Palliative Care
By Adam J. Pearson In “Can Emotional Labour Be Fun?” Arlie Russel Hochschild poses a question as incisive as it is relevant to our own discipline of social work. Hochschild defines emotional labour as “the work of trying to feel the appropriate feeling for a job either by evoking or suppressing feelings — a task…
Words from the Wind 