James Rozoff's Blog, page 37

If we have one safe haven in the world, it woul...

If we have one safe haven in the world, it would be the safety and comfort of our beds. When we turn off the lights and drift into sleep, we are free from all of the external stimuli that is constantly demanding our attention. So it is as though our most sacred of sanctuaries have been violated when we are disturbed in our sleep. Worse yet is when the terror strikes from within. We all have nightmares, but Night Terror is neither a nightmare nor an awakened state but another realm of consciousness altogether. But what we imagine in our dreams can effect what we do in the outside world.

Here's a rough go at a promo video for my debut novel, Th...

Here's a rough go at a promo video for my debut novel, The Amazing Morse. It's not out yet, but will be by the time I'm actually done with the video. Let me know what you think.

The Blinding Light of Science

     We look back at the beliefs of people in olden times and scoff at their ability to believe in the silliest of things. Elves, ogres, krakken, all of these things were believed to be real by many. In the time of Houdini, the spiritualist movement was in full bloom. Millions attended séances, convinced that they could speak to dead loved ones. Spirits talked to them by way of "spirit rapping", disembodied voices, or by taking possession of the medium and using her to convey their messages to the living. We find it hard to believe people could actually put their faith in such things. Yet never do we wonder what future generations will think of our beliefs and convictions. We, too, are blinded by the biases of our age. We believe unquestioningly that science and technology are always forces for positive change, that it is the greatest folly to try to hamper the technological advance. We are blinded by science, unaware that, as Albert Einstein said, mankind with technology is like a child with a razor blade. In our rush to embrace the knowledge that science brings, we have discarded the wisdom that past times knew. There is no room for morality in the laboratory, no discussion of good and evil. Thus we allow demons to do their work under our very noses, unaware of their presence until we are at last confronted with the truths we have so long denied.