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TTHHEE MMUUSSEESS JJOOUURRNNAALL:: LOVE, PEACE AND WISDOM AANN IINNTTEERRNNAATTIIOONNAALL JJOOUURRNNAALL OOFF EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONN FFOORR PPEEAACCEE AANNDD GGLLOOBBAALL RREESSPPOONNSSIIBBIILLIITTYY 1 DEDICATED TO THE NINE MUSES GUARDIANS OF THE ORIGINAL ATHENIAN ACADEMY CALLIOPE CLIO ERATO EUTERPE MELPOMENE POLYHYMNIA TERPSICHORE THALIA URANIA THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PEACE STUDIES AND GLOBAL PHILOSOPHY THE MUSES JOURNAL - LOVE, JUSTICE AND WISDOM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY DEDICATED TO THE NINE MUSES 2005/2006 ISSUE EIGHT 2 INDEX: CLIO 16: MANIFESTO AGAINST CONSCRIPTION AND THE MILITARY SYSTEM CALLIOPE 1: IIPSGP CENTRE: CLIO 17: THE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF CALLIOPE 2: PARLIAMENTARY WORK: INTELLECTUAL HISTORIANS CALLIOPE 3: THE UNITY OF EUROPE, BY V.A. CLIO 18: AVALON COLLEGE OF DRUIDRY FIRSOFF CLIO 19: EUROPEAN NETWORK CALLIOPE 4: MAKE POVERTY HISTORY AND IN UNIVERSAL AND GLOBAL HISTORY THE G8 SUMMIT IN EDINBURGH (ENIUGH) CALLIOPE 5: SEVERN LETS (LOCAL CLIO 20: THE EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE TRADING SYSTEM) ASSOCIATION CALLIOPE 6: PEACE NEWS CLIO 21: OVERVIEW OF PEACE EDUCATION CALLIOPE 7: THE PEACE MUSEUM PROJECT WINPEACE-GREECE DECEMBER 2005 BY CALLIOPE 8: GILES HART, VICTIM OF THE ELENI STAMIRIS LONDON BOMBINGS ON JULY 7 2005 CALLIOPE 9: : CENTRE FOR POLITICAL IDEAS CALLIOPE 10: DANISH CONSTITUTION: ERATO 1 PHYSICIANS OF THE SOUL CALLIOPE 11: IRAQ ERATO 2: PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT CALLIOPE 12: THE EUROPEAN UNION ERATO 3: PILGRIMAGE OF THE HEART: THE PATH CONSTITUTION DRAFT OF ROMANTIC LOVE CALLIOPE 13: INTERFAITH PEACE ERATO 4: CRISIS IN CHINA CONFERENCE OF THE HOLY LANDS ERATO 5: SEXUAL SECRETS, THE ALCHEMY OF (ISRAEL / PALESTINE) ECSTACY CALLIOPE 14: INVITATION TO A BRITISH- ERATO 6: NO TIME FOR LOVE IRISH PEACE SYMPOSIUM ERATO 7: HELEN OF TROY: GODDESS, PRINCESS, CALLIOPE 15: A SOUL FOR EUROPE: ETHICS WHORE AND SPIRITUALITY ERATO 8: SACREDSEXREVIVAL.COM CALLIOPE 16: THE ECONOMICS OF NON- ERATO 9: THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2005 AWARD VIOLENCE AND THE VISION OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD, DELHI SYMPOSIUM, DECEMBER 2005 EUTERPE 1: TURKS: A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND CALLIOPE 17: UNITED NATI0NS WORLD YEARS, 600 – 1600 SUMMIT 2005 EUTERPE 2: LES ARCHITECTES DE LA LIBERTE, BY ANNIE JACQUES AND JEAN-PIERRE MOUILLESEAUX, GALLIMARD, 1988 CLIO 1: THE GREENING OF EDUCATION: AN EUTERPE 3: A HISTORY OF ICON PAINTING EXPLORATION AT CAE MABON, SNOWDONIA, EUTERPE 4: THE VISUAL CULTURE OF WALES: OCTOBER 2005 EUTERPE 5: THE CONSECRATION OF GENIUS: A CLIO 2: EAST-WEST ENCOUNTERS IN STUDY OF CHRISTIAN ART BY ROBERT CULTURE: SENCOURT (HOLLIS AND CARTER 1946) CLIO 3: FACILITATING LEARNING: PRACTICAL EUTERPE 6: CITY MUSEUMS AS CENTRES OF STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CIVIC DIALOGUE, AMSTERDAM 4-5 NOVEMBER CLIO 4: PEACE EDUCATION COMMISSION 2005 CLIO 5: ROBERT OWEN SOCIETY EUTERPE 7: CHARLOTTENBURG, QUEEN SOPHIE CLIO 6: BERTHA VON SUTTNER SOCIETY CHARLOTTE AND FREDERICK THE GREAT: CLIO 7: INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOHISTORICAL FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON IIPSGP VISIT TO ASSOCIATION BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 2005 CLIO 8: PEACE STUDIES RETREATS: CLIO 9: HISTORIANS AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOR PEACE MELPOMENE 1: THREE PHILOSOPHICAL CLIO 10: PAGAN ACADEMIC NETWORK PROBLEMATICS IN HUMILIATION, DIGNITY AND CLIO 11: THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL PEACE STUDIES: “RECOGNITION”, CONGRESS OF HISTORICAL SCIENCES “SOPHIAPHOBIA” AND “PHILIAPHOBIA” - CLIO 12: INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH NAMING THE GHOSTS IN THE MISTS OF THE ASSOCIATION 41ST CONFERENCE PEACE LANDSCAPE CLIO 13. SIR EDWARD HERBERT SYMPOSIUM CLIO 14: INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE FOR POLYHYMNIA 1: DALAI LAMA VISITS RUSSIA. THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD: POLYHYMNIA 2: A PEACEFUL NEW WORLD – CLIO 15: :GANDHI INFORMATION CENTER WILL IT COME? POLYHYMNIA 3: THE WORLD PEACE PRAYER SOCIETY URANIA 1: ASTROLOGY AND HEALTH POLYHYMNIA 4: FOUNDATION FOR URANIA 2: REIKI HEALING FOR CHILDREN INSPIRATION AND ORACULAR STUDIES URANIA 3: HERBAL APPROACH TO DEPRESSION POLYHYMNIA 5: THE UNITED NATIONS TREATMENT SUMMIT OF SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS URANIA 4: BRAZILIAN FARMING CAUSING LEADERS FOR PEACE ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS POLYHYMNIA 6: PAN - GREAT GOD OF URANIA 5 EINSTEIN YEAR NATURE URANIA 6: SPIRITS DRY, SAYS GHOSTBUSTER POLYHYMNIA 7: THE WORLD CONFERENCE URANIA 7 FAIRY IN SPACE ON RELIGION AND PEACE URANIA 8: CLEAN MOTORING POLYHYMNIA 8: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR URANIA 9: EARTH FROM THE AIR EXHIBITION ON BUDDHIST ECOLOGY AND THE CRITIQUE URANIA 10: OBITUARY : MURRAY RAMSEY OF MODERN SOCIETY URANIA 11: 200 YEARS OF ROYAL SOCIETY OF POLYHYMNIA 9: DIOGENES MEDICINE POLYHYMNIA 9: STONEHENGE SUMMER URANIA 12: TOP NUCLEAR ADVISOR QUITS SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS URANIA 13: REINVENTING MEDICINE POLYHYMNIA 10: THE THEOSOPHICAL URANIA 14: THE SPACEGUARD CENTRE SOCIETY URANIA 15: THE CONTINUING CANNABIS POLYHYMNIA 11: PARLIAMENT OF THE DEBATE WORLD'S RELIGIONS URANIA 16: NHS TO EMBRACE POLYHYMNIA 12: AMERICAN DRUIDISM: A COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE GUIDE TO AMERICAN DRUID GROUPS URANIA 17: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO BE POLYHYMNIA 13: REVIEW: THE SHAMAN’S SUED OVER GLOBAL WARMING LAST APPRENTICE – BY REBEKITA URANIA 18: HOMEOPATHY EFFECTS “ALL IN POLYHYMNIA 14: REVIEW:OF JOHN DEE – THE MIND” SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY GERALD URANIA 19: THE GREATEST INVENTIONS OF THE SUSTER PAST 2000 YEARS BY JOHN BROCKMAN URANIA POLYHYMNIA 15: INDEPENDENCE DAY 20: CURRENT PASSION FOR HERBAL MEDICINE CELEBRATIONS IN BETHLEHEM, 15 THREATENS SOME PLANTS NOVEMBER 2005 URANIA 21: ROYAL FORESTRY SOCIETY POLYHYMNIA 16: IIPSGP JOHN DEE URANIA 22: OBITUARY – THEOPHILUS GIMBEL SYMPOSIUM URANIA 23: MARY SOMERVILLE - WOMAN SCIENTIST URANIA 24: DANTE AND THE GRAMMAR OF THE TERPSICHORE 1: MUSICIANS AGAINST NURSING BODY NUCLEAR ARMS CONCERT FOR PEACE URANIA 25: NATIONAL TREE WEEK TERPSICHORE 2: SHAMAN VOICES BRIDGE URANIA 26: THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA THE DIVIDE OF ANCIENT EARTH MYSTERIES BY PAUL TERPSICHORE 3: THE COSSACKS DEVEREUX – TERPSICHORE 4: OUTCAST SINGER RETURNS URANIA 27: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, OSLO, DEC. 10, HOME 2005 TERPSICHORE 5: FOOTBALL FOR PEACE TERPSICHORE 6: STRAW BEARS AND ENGLISHMEN COME OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN TERPSICHORE 7: SACRED ARTS CAMP TERPSICHORE 8: WALES OPENS TOP SPOT ON WORLD ARTS STAGE THALIA 1: HAROLD PINTER – NOBEL LECTURE, ART, TRUTH & POLITICS THALIA 2: THE ORDER OF WANDERING PEACE POETS THALIA 3: KATARINA JOVCEVSKA THALIA 4: HAFIZ SYMPOSIUM IN SHIRAZ, 2007 THALIA 5: THE MULTIFAITH AND MULTILINGUAL PEACE DICTIONARY THALIA 6: TESTAMENT TO LIFE by EILEEN DAFFERN THALIA 7: INTERVIEW WITH EVELIN LINDNER 4 EDITORIAL: participate in a Buddhist Conference on Welcome, to this 8th issue of our Muses Buddhist Ecology and the Critique of Modern Journal. Tragic events have been a feature of Society at SOAS and gave a paper on world affairs since our last issue. A year ago Enlightenments: Towards a Comparative the Tsunami struck large parts of the Analysis of the Philosophies of Enlightenment in coastlands of South East Asia, with huge loss the World’s Spiritual Traditions. In this paper I of life, and since then we have had the New argued for the urgent need to establish a Orleans flood, and the Pakistan earthquake, comparative epistemological framework for the not to mention the continuing tragedy of analysis or relative truth claims to enlightenment violence in Iraq and terrorist bombings on the part of the great spiritual traditions of the elsewhere, including, in July, in London, planet. As a new book issued this year close to the Institute of Education, where Occidentalism by Prof. Alicia Margolis and Prof IIPSGP was first established back in 1991. Ian Buruma makes clear, Eastern criticism of the But 2005 has also been a year of great West is not new, and a high level gathering took heroism and striving to improve world affairs place in 1942, 6 months after Pearl Harbour, in – we have had Live8, a successful World which various Asian intellectuals condemned Climate Summit in Montreal, a UN General wholeheartedly everything Western and Modern. Assembly World Summit at the UN My paper tries to get beyond the need for Headquarters, and many other such events, as shallow East-West mutual criticism and defence global consciousness has been raising itself and to propose an altogether different strategy of through key actors in an attempt to tackle the mutual inquiry for collective enlightenment many problems facing the planet. There has drawing on the wisdom insights embedded in also been the quiet heroism of everyday life, each of the diverse intellectual and spiritual and the good works pursued by countless cultures of the planet – a kind of Mahayana millions of ordinary people, as they go about Pythagoreasnism, if you will. The conference their lives, in all nations, and from every faith was also attended by other IIPSGP members and creed on earth, and this is often not including Nisa Saiyyid, our London Secretary reported, or known to few. In the pages of this and Alberto Cruz, who has been helping to journal will be found a cross selection of the interview luminaries in London for the Peace news and events of both the great and the Audio Archives. small, united in their common dedication to On February 12th IIPSGP organised a advancing world peace and security through Symposium in Shrewsbury as part of the Darwin the renaissance of the power and wisdom Festival, on A.R. Wallace and Darwin: A symbolised by the Muses, guardians of the Continuing Conversation, in which we work of philosophers since time immemorial, discussed, with a range of speakers, the profound known in different cultures under different