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28 September 2023

How meditating on seaweed can heal your psyche (as applied to modern Scottish politics)

Another post mocks the pretentions of modern Scottish politicians by making the analogy of how reading the seaweed fronds (like Scottish babushki used to read the tea-leaves) can help you understand the universal realities of egotism in public affairs.

The piece also introduces the great, modern philosopher and neuropsychiatrist, Dr Iain McGilchrist, who lives on the isle of Skye, near where the famous Talisker whisky is made.

Read here: https://thinkscotland.org/2023/09/beware-the-likes-of-tintin-thunberg-and-mrs-murrell/


And here is Dr McGilchrist walking in the garden of his famous house on Skye:




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