Jack Barrow
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Next Time Lucky: How to Find Your Mr. Right
- A Twenty First Century Druid
- Dark Moon Mama
- Dave Gorman
- Everyday Spirituality
- Half Full or Half Empty?
- It Helps Fill The Day
- Looking for Linda
- Mid-Wife Crisis
- Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent
- Rags, Bags & Baubles
- Required Taste
- The Rap Sheet
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Hack |
| Location | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I live in Hertfordshire, England, where I write about popular philosophy in modern life. I have a particular interest in the way people are rejecting mainstream religion and creating their own philosophies from the bottom up. These ideas cannot really be described as theological in the way that western religions are and they seem closer to eastern mysticism such Buddhism or Zen, while being dressed up with symbolism drawn from folkloric sources such as Tarot or the Zodiac. I try to bring an intellectual rigour to such subjects instead of merely accepting statements such as the incredibly fluffy idea of, 'everything has an opposite!' No it doesn't! What's the opposite of a football?
My first novel, The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil has recently been released worldwide after receiving excellent reviews in the UK. I'm currently working on a travelogue, which is distracting me from working on the second novel about an end of the world religious cult, Morris Men practised in the martial arts and the accidental destruction of a literary festival. |
| Interests | Current Affairs, The Irrational, Paganism, Occultism, Old Religions, Philosophy, Psychology, African Percussion, Music of all types, Mediaeval History. |
| Favorite Movies | The Blues Brothers |
| Favorite Music | Very varied from Blues and Jazz to Dance and most genres in between but not metal and its variants or shouty rap. Acid jazz is a particular fascination at the moment. |
| Favorite Books | The Grapes of Wrath, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. |