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Good morning Steve et al You say mind/body split is impossible but surely that just another dogma or presupposition - that one usually find in reductionist scientists?? : ) so surprised to hear you say that. But it may indeed be that if true it would require a revision of some existing "scientific paradigms". We published a book way back by the late Gerhard Wassermann called "Shadow Matter & Psychic Phenomenon" and "Consciousness & Near Death Experience" that attempted to intergrate both viewpoints. As to Horus & the Tarot - I suspect Horus was known via sources such as Plutarch "Isis & Osiris" but not sure on its publishing history - but the myth cycle is known and occurs famously in Northern myth as in Hamlet, the Dane - which is a possible retelling of the Osirian myth. Margaret Murrey wrote some papers on "The Cult of the Drowned" in Europe, which probably alludes to same thing - just a suggestion really but guess her "Witchcult" idea was based on a classical model. Keith Thomas in "Man and the Natural World" also has idea about surviving classical myths. On Indian philosophy - I think we'd have to agree to differ on "whether dualism is cool" - Samkhya dualism is counted as one of the six major systems of Indian philosophy, predates Buddhism and is the basis for most philosophical discussion in the Hindu tradition. It's is opposed to animal sacrifice and is the basis of Ayurvedic medicine - so you can't get cooler than that imo. For a v rough and ready summary - see my online essay www.mandrake.uk.net/samkhya.htm needs a lot of revision but gives you some idea bb/93 Mogg > Mogg, as for Indian Philosophy I’d say all the cool stuff is in the non-dualistic philosophies. > > Steve > > > > > > > >