The Mystery of the Trapped Light: Mystical Thoughts in the Dark Age of Scientism

by James Tunney

Throughout the ages, in text and in practices, secretly and openly, spiritual and mystical people focused on the central concept of the force of light. A recurrent idea is that spirit is light and trapped in the world of material or flesh and needs to be released in some way. Many mystics have created a path of illumination to allow our inherent genius of light be liberated to return to its ultimate source. The mystery is about who and what we are and how we might see our spiritual evolution. At the same time scientism seems to attack spiritual activity.

In the matrix the spirit lies
Destined to fight towards the light
To struggle in the harsh, hard brightness
To seek the subtle true light

This book is divided in two parts. The first part is an exploration that seeks to examine the approach within spirituality and mysticism to light in the context of scientific examination of light. The latter consists of lines, poetry or sutras. Poetic expression sets out the author's vision of a whole path of light reflecting perennial wisdom. Addressing mind and heart, the reader will find something that will help them reflect on their own beliefs or open an entirely new vista.

Genres: Mysticism

357 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 2020

About the author

We must be inspired and sometimes we are only activated when we realise the existential challenge confronting us. My creative work is driven by a desire to explore the role of the individual human person as a spiritual being in a world of increasing technological control. I am writing a series of books on scientism and have also written books of poetry or a combination of poetry and mysticism as well as two novels. All my books are linked by a strong belief in the power of individual spiritual consciousness of the person and the necessity to activate and actualise it. The tension is between the need for spiritual evolution and smothering effects of the technosphere.

My professional background is law. I left the academic legal world to paint and write.

To hear me talk about subjects related to my books, please visit the interview section on my main website. You might also want to read my Substack Reflections on Revolution & Revelation.

Note that all my 13 books are linked to my author profile here or on Amazon.

I am currently completing a book on Christ and Communism and going to contrast the future from those perspectives.

Empire of Scientism was published in April 2021. This book argues that we will soon be living in a tyrannous scientocracy. It was followed by TechBondAge which examines the emerging Empire-slave relationship. The third book is Human Entrance to Transhumanism which criticises the phenomenon through the motif of magic. Book four in this series, Plantation of the Automatons, delves deep into the origin and philosophy of the emergent Empire. It explains how we are facing automatic governance and assimilation as components into a new totalitarian order. Book five, The Mythic Aim of AI, explains how AI is part of this movement to tech-totalitarianism, obscured by mythic suggestion. Book six, AI-Posthumanism, explains how AI will be the end of humanity. Book seven, AI-Govnerveance, is the latest addition to the series and outlines the future nature of global governance.

The Mystical Accord and the Mystery of the Trapped Light explore mysticism and spiritual consciousness. Both include poetry.

Mystic Murmuration and Secret Orchestrations are both filled with individual poems.

Blue Lies September and Ireland I Don’t Recognise Who She Is are both works of fiction.

Reviews

[Christopher Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent essay on Mysticism!