Who Will Be Brave in Huxley’s New World?

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Who Will Be Brave in Huxley’s New World?

Cynthia Chung

Feb 27, 2023

For Part 2, 3, and 4 to this series in podcast (audio) form click on the links below. For the written version of this essay (Part 1) refer here.

The War on Science and the 20th Century Descent of Man

Cynthia Chung

March 28, 2023

The War on Science and the 20th Century Descent of Man

Listen now (29 min) | For the written version of this paper refer here. In Part 1 the question was discussed what was Aldous’ real intention in writing the Brave New World; was it meant as an exhortation, an inevitable prophecy or as an Open Conspiracy? An Open Conspiracy closely linked to not only H.G. Wells, who clearly laid out such a vision in his book by the same title, …

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The Origins of the Counterculture Movement: A Gathering of Anarchists, Occultists and Psychoanalysts for a New Age

Cynthia Chung

March 1, 2023

The Origins of the Counterculture Movement: A Gathering of Anarchists, Occultists and Psychoanalysts for a New Age

Listen now (27 min) | For the written version of this article refer here. This new era of the World Controllers where revolution will become irrelevant since the masses will come to love their servitude is referred to as the “Ultimate Revolution” by Huxley, a clearly borrowed phrase from

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Huxley’s Ultimate Revolution: The Battle for Your Mind and the Relativity of Madness

Cynthia Chung

March 15, 2023

Huxley’s Ultimate Revolution: The Battle for Your Mind and the Relativity of Madness

Listen now (36 min) | For the written version of this paper refer here. As discussed in Part 3 of this series, Aldous Huxley would be mentored in the ways of Monte Verità, Ascona through the mentorship of D.H. Lawrence. It was through Lawrence’s teachings that Aldous Huxley, Gerald Heard and Christopher Isherwood would form the core of the group,

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