Beyond Thaumatophobia 3: The End of the Age of Reason

Over the last month, in the course of these biweekly essays, I’ve been exploring the fear of the metaphysical realm well expressed by Naomi Wolf in one of her recent Substack posts. A more recent post by her on the same theme takes the same discussion further, in a way that deserves respect.  She took the risk—a considerable one, in our society—of talking about her own personal experiences of metaphysical realities, and about the pervasive bullying that’s used in our society to keep people from ...