David Cornberg - Articles

American Food in American Literature

This article uses excepts from the works of many different American writers to show how important and interesting food has been in American culture. Examples span American history from the colonial times through the pioneers to the beatniks. Read

By: David Cornberg | 24/11/2008 | Culture

Freeze the Body, Force the Mind: the Ritualization of Thanatophobia in Everyday Life

Through signs of life we see configurations formed around our natural, elemental fear of death. Dualism both foregrounds and obscures the possibility of living the human body without ideology that freezes our bodies while forcing our minds to pursue transcendence. A contemporary image of non-duality presents an alternative vision of human participation in the cosmos. The possibility that we are already where we want to be horizons this reflection. Read

By: David Cornberg | 24/11/2008 | Philosophy

Semiotics as a Pathway to Spiritual Science: From the Culture of Addiction to Absolute Freedom

The continuing growth of semiotics signifies increased awareness of global communicative processes. Expansion of the communicative universe through semiotic research furthers the transformation of our contemporary experience. We validate this assertion through semiotic analysis of an everyday object, by which we discover an infinite horizon. With that horizon, we transcend the global culture of addiction and reach spiritual science. Read

By: David Cornberg | 17/10/2008 | Mysticism