Current reading matter:

The Gardens of Light Amin Maalouf

Mesopotamia 200 years after the birth of Christ. the story of Mani (know the word Manicheism?) a prophet, a singular man who understood that Evil and Good are bound togethr by God and that it is our earthly duty to separate the two and live for Good. Mani live contemporaneously with the Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and he tried to incorporate pieces of each religion into Manichaeism. He acheived great success but died under torture and imprisoned. Manichaeism has become a pejoritive--especially in Catholic circles, but reading of his life puts his thought into a brighter light. He lived a rationalised versionof the Golden Rule; and had millions of disciples.

Leopold II of the Belgians, King of Colonialism Barbara Emerson.

Leopold owned the Congo personally and his evil is painted herein by a silken brush. I had wanted to read a newer version of his life, The Ghost of Leopold, but it was not available in the Great Neck Library.







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