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About me

Gender Male
Location Boston, New England, United States
Introduction Dr. O'Lalor is the author of The History of Virtue and Corruption: Western Civilization, from Athens to America, The Never Realized Republic: Political Economy and Republican Virtue, and Shrouded in Mist: Physics and the Archaic Symbology of Metaphysics. Dr. O'Lalor graduated with honors, in History and Psychology. He later earned a Ph.D. in Early American and European history. He began teaching Liberal Studies, and was soon praised for his Socratic Method. Curricula included: Western Civilization, Philosophy, (from ancient Greek to modern philosophy), Ethics, (a Roman Translation of the Greek Moral Philosophy), Humanities, American History, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology, Native American Studies, (First Peoples Nation), and Twentieth Century History. He was recognized for developing an abridged critical thinking mini-course, as an introduction to all classes, which provided tangible results for measuring learning. Prior to Academia, Dr. O'Lalor worked with, and was a strong advocate for, persons with Mental Retardation, as well as in other areas of Mental Health, hospice, and court appointed youth.
Interests Disseminating and enhancing the westward movement of civilization and its attendant systems of education.
Favorite Movies The Man Who Fell to Earth, 1984, The Bell Jar, Knowing, Almost, any Star Trek Movie, The Egyptian, What About Bob?, Batman: The Beginning, The Razor's Edge, A Man Called Horse, The Return of a Man Called Horse, Jeremiah Johnson, Hugo, (2011), The Jungle Book: 1967, Soylent Green, The Matrix, et., al., Ratatouille, Nosferatu.
Favorite Music Classical: Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff, Bethoven. Rock: Easy, to "More than a feeling."
Favorite Books Deborah Sampson a biography, The Incredible Journey, Isis Unveiled, The Secret Doctrine, The Gnostic Gospels, The Bhagavat-Gita, Chapters of Coming Forth by Day: Better known as "The Egyptian Book of the Dead." Budge, British Museum

The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?

As now; with a foot in each world.