The Follies of the Western Mind

Those who live in the West have developed a closed mindset, bereft of spiritual freedom, and it is leading humanity into a dead end: the risks are existential. Western thinking has become inflexible and blinkered. This book contains the tools needed to escape this mental prison, some hammers and spanners to pry open the bars. Escape requires people to look at the world a little differently, to question deeply held beliefs and ideas, and see that there are alternative ways to think, some of which might actually be better.

This collection of essays was inspired by the works of great literary and philosophical writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, updated to offer powerful and unexpected insights into vital contemporary issues. Each essay is written in the form of a short story, a monologue, or an exchange of letters.