by The New Agora | Oct 9, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Forget Happiness, Be Antifragile “Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” ~Saint Francis de Sales Be careful that your need for happiness does not become an albatross. Focusing on your lack of happiness will only lead to...
by The New Agora | Oct 2, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
7 Signs You May Carry Nine-tailed Fox Medicine “What the lion cannot manage to do, the fox can.” ~German Proverb Nine-Tailed Fox Medicine draws from East Asian shamanic and spiritual traditions, where the fox spirit (huli jing in Chinese, kitsune...
by The New Agora | Sep 10, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Flexing In Flow: Using Enantiodromia as a Path to Eudemonia By Gary Z. McGee “The Madman knows that once God is dead, man must live like a god: man must go beyond the limits of his own being, leave his own nature behind and assume the burden, the risk, and the...
by The New Agora | Aug 8, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Behold the Overshadow: Shadow of the Overman “It is not society that is to guide and save the creative hero, but precisely the reverse. And so every one of us shares the supreme ordeal––carries the cross of the redeemer––not in the bright moments of his...
by The New Agora | Jul 30, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com How to Play the Infinite Game “After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.” ~Italian Proverb In the infinite game of life there are a finite number of games playing themselves out. All of which are...
by NewNow | Jul 18, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Crafting Your Own Path to Wisdom: A Fierce Guide to Personal Truth “No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” ~Nietzsche In a world of screaming dogmas, herd-instinct groupthink, and cookie-cutter blueprints for...
by The New Agora | Jul 13, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
How to Keep the Inner Fire Burning “It’s not a question of being happy or satisfied, but to feel the fire inside.” ~Anais Nin You only live this unique life once. You are the only you to have ever existed in the history of the universe, and there will...
by The New Agora | Jul 1, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
Everything is a Battlefield By Gary Z. McGee “Elevate yourself above the battlefield.” ~Robert Greene. Life is a battle. It’s a battle against bewitchment. It’s a battle against sloth. It’s a battle against the pollution of the mind,...
by The New Agora | Jun 28, 2025 | Gary Z McGee, The New Agora
www.self-inflictedphilosophy.com The Thorn in the Whirlwind: Disaster Shamanism Addendum by Gary Z. McGee “The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ~Joseph Campbell Order, comfort, and tranquility are...