I am a fifty-seven year old free-thinking caucasian anglophone male with passions for theology and music in that order. I see the scriptures as a major source for theology. I am interested in the form and content of the creation story (Genesis 1.1-2.4a) and what I consider to be its NT analogue, a series of seven miracles culminating in the Eucharist. I refer to these as the ‘messianic miracles’, though of course the Eucharist is not itself a miracle.

My approach is decidedly philosophical/psychological. Hence I identify the creation -‘beginning’ -story with the conceptual (logos) polarity of mind, and the miracles - the ‘end’ story - with its perceptual counterpart. Perception plays a major role in the four eucharistic events - Cana, Feeding 5000, Feeding 4,000, Eucharist - just as it does in the healing miracles.

Once established, this polarity of mind forms the basis of the Christian doctrine of consciousness and of the logos, that is The Word, or Son. In effect it is nothing other than a Christology.

I am currently writing a book about time, and the fourfold shape of the gospels. I did say I was interested in form! I think the relation of time to mind (consciousness) is encapsulated in the word ‘become’ - which John uses of the incarnation - ‘the word became flesh’ - just as I think there is a corresponding relation between the body or ‘soma’, (not, please note “matter”), and space.

My interest in music stems from by conviction that it can teach us something about time. I do not think that science is competent in this regard. I do not believe that science can ever disclose anything relevant or valuable concerning the nature of time - hence death.