By: Gillian Schutte WHAT ARE AKASHIC RECORDS? Contrary to the cynical approach that Akashic records are “new-age quackery”- they are in fact very much part of ancient epistemology recorded in the Vedic…
Category: Body & Psychology
Exploring Non-Dualism: Nisargadatta’s Advaita Vedanta, Western Science, and Hoffman’s Interface Theory
By: Gillian Schutte In the pursuit of understanding consciousness and the fundamental nature of reality, diverse philosophical traditions and scientific theories have emerged across cultures and continents. This article embarks on a…
Sunday thoughts on loving.
By Philomène Luyindula Lasoen It was a long time before we saw each other again. I used to travel to my mom in Congo when taking a holiday. I wrote short notes…
A guide to grief: As told from the ‘inexperience’ of the living
By Alice Mbeya As a fledgling, I had constantly been guided into knowing that there was a heaven and hell with one true God and that your place on earth and the…
Godongwana and the masseuse: The political weaponization of denying sexual assault.
By Gillian Schutte It is saddening that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has declined to prosecute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the sexual assault case against him. The statement issued by the NPA Regional…
The South African system enables the killing of Black body.
By Thesna Aston In living colour. The list of black people being murdered and brutalised grows by the minute. It’s not just by police officers and military but people behind the uniform…
The Boy Child and Gender Based Violence
In this article, I’ll be speaking on gender-based violence against black men and boys in general terms, focusing on three points: the definition of gender with regards to gender based violence, recognition and acceptance of the phenomenon of gender based violence against men and boys, and lastly, the impact of race on the recognition of black men and boys as victims of violence.
Why Race Justice?
As a white person privy to a gamut of white attitudes, it is of great interest to me to explore how these divisive perspectives of white privilege proliferate in a way that…
White Eroticisation of Black Suffering
By: Gillian Schutte Pics: from www.thirdworldbunfight.co.za Eroticisation Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B – an art installation that recreates the horrors that white colonialists wreaked on black body, came under fire when Black communities…
Deconstructing the Baby-Rape Narrative.
To anyone researching the horrific occurrence of baby rape worldwide it is very clear that it is not a racialised or a cultural phenomenon, says Gillian Schutte.