PROFILES
Born in Brazil's capital, Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Coelho is an internationally renowned author. After being admitted into a psychiatric hospital for questioning and not complying with the expectations of his Roman-Catholic society, Coelho travelled far from home, through Europe and Northern Africa. His work pertains to spiritual
PHILOSOPHY
Dreams are one of life's most mysterious dimensions. Each night, the mind seems to take us out of the jurisdiction of space and time as we understand it. Hours of experiences can be masked as minutes, and vice versa. Our thoughts and ideas animate themselves, and we often
CULTURE
The evil eye amulet can be seen across mainstream culture today, whether it's on social media or adorned onto necklaces, bracelets and other jewellery. But what does it symbolise, and where and when do its underlying superstitions originate? Do these superstitions hold any logical value? Let's
PHILOSOPHY
With conversations around mindfulness and its benefits being seen more frequently in society and on social media platforms today, questions around meditation are becoming more common. In the past, mainstream western culture conveyed meditation as rather alien, often associating it with hippies and nonconformists in the media and totally disregarding
HISTORY
It's no secret that indigenous peoples around the globe have been dehumanised and discriminated against by their governments throughout modern history. From the First Nation people of Canada and the Americas to Aboriginal Australians and Torres-Strait Islanders, parallels exist in the systemic nature of the oppression of these
wherever in time this reaches you, welcome to idea archives, where philosophy, anthropology, history and culture are written about by yours truly. what is this? call it an exploration of ideas, from across the seven seas and throughout the ages. things i find interesting. the multitude of ways we understand