Now that we have a good handle on the 1st Axial Age, we should explore what Karen Armstrong has put forward in her theory of the 2nd Axial Age, which would be occurring now.  

In order to begin our discussion of the blunted effects of the Second Axial Age, it is first important to the nature of transcendence and the First Axial Age where it was introduced to into the human consciousness. 

Defining the upper bounds of Biocultural evolution and the blunted impact of the Second Axial Age

For those of you who know me personally, you already have reasons to feel sorry for my mother. For those of you who don’t know me, let’s just say I was an inquisitive child who would never let a question go until satisfying explanations where provided, by any means necessary. Sometimes this persistence got me into trouble, sometimes a lot of trouble.  It is fair to say I never learned my lesson, as I am still asking hard questions and bearing the consequences. One particular unsettled question brings us all here now.