Reincarnation, the Black Death, and 2012

The following is essentially a mental draw I did one afternoon after doing some research. I believe everything I say here, and I stand behind all of it, but in terms of organization, it is a loosely organized essay that has a definite message of trying to connect pieces of history into a cohesive framework…

Pythagoras: an introductory biography

Pythagoras was born  in 560 BC, on the Greek island of Samos.  Pythagoas influenced Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great, and the general world of western philosophy.  Pythagoras is the earliest, best-known Greek philosopher, though he never wrote a word (to our knowledge). All of what we know about him comes from what his students wrote,…