The ancient Egyptians mummified the dead to preserve the physical body. The body was needed in the Afterworld. While the Egyptians seemed to have concept of the animating facility as provided by a soul, the soul for them resided in the heart, famously weighed against a feather, to determine if the heart was freighted with…

I had the pleasure of driving to the Berkshires in MA with the Road Scholars this Summer. Over the course of about a week I was privileged to see live dance, theatre, and orchestral performance at a concentration of venues, Jacob’s Pillow, Berkshire Theatre and Tanglewood, Summer home the Boston Symphony. I came to appreciate how dedicated are…

On one hand we have no instance where there has been any conscious interaction or communication without the aid of a living body. As the body, especially the brain, becomes affected, there always seems to more impaired interaction with the environment. Also all interaction ceases after the death of the body, so it seems clear…