What they might have said if they were hereWernik's Satyrs is written in the Greek spirit which rejoices in life and finds the world beautiful. The reader repeatedly discovers unexpected connections, between the sexual habits of herdsmen and zoophilia, hermaphrodites, and futanari.Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), the author of Mythology and Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes.This book should not have been written, published, or read. The author ...

Friedrich Nietzsche declared himself to be “a psychologist who has not his peer.” Nietzschean Psychology and Psychotherapy: The New Doctors of the Soul illustrates why he was correct and indicates that he was also a soul doctor “who has not his peer.” He is usually unknown to psychologists and treated by philosophers as if he was a philosopher who, as such, wrote about some issues relating to the philosophy of mind. This book acquaints psychologists with Nietzsche and introduces him to phi...

In the New Testament, there is a gap of about 18 years (or 27 years if Luke's information about his visit to the holy temple is discounted) in the accounts of Jesus' young life. The enigma of the lost or missing years of Jesus baffled scholars and invited many speculations, some of which are reviewed and debunked.The book shows that Jesus' parables and sayings are the key to solving the riddle. The personal nature of the parables is supported by Nietzsche's idea of philosophy as au...

The Gospels' depiction of Judas Iscariot, as the evil betrayer of Jesus, was generalized over the centuries to Jews as a whole and became the foundation of antisemitism, eventually leading up to the Holocaust. In the quest for the historical Jesus, supernatural, theological, and politically motivated themes are questioned. The quest for the historical Juda barely started, and in his case, the Gospels' narrative is usually accepted offhand. In scholarly publications, in most cases, signific...

One sunny (or was it cloudy?) day, I noticed that in my inner thoughts, fish idioms and proverbs appeared quite frequently. In addition, in some of the books that I have written, fish sayings would pop up occasionally from the pages. Collections of quotations are among my favorite reading materials.While most books of this kind are 'sweet and cute', this one is 'spicy and cool,' appealing also to more sophisticated readers. The book will attract those interested in proverbs, folklo...