Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
September 13, 2026
Mark Edward Chard
This article presents a five‑and‑a‑half‑year longitudinal phenomenological case study documenting structured visual experiences occurring in full waking consciousness following contemplative prayer after identical twin bereavement. The dataset exhibits two distinct phases: an extended period of stable abstract geometric configurations (2020–2026), followed by a recent transition in which the...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
September 11, 2026
Darshi Arachige
This article synthesises a framework positioning the cross-cultural practice of secluding girls at puberty as a forerunner to institutionalised religion, tracing its structural roots deep into the Upper Palaeolithic. Integrating ethnographic documentation, portable art, parietal cave art, and socio-cultural history — including European shamanism and the witch cult — the synthesis argues for an...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
August 19, 2026
Michael Werner
The origin of the Elwedritsch has not yet been conclusively established. This article examines historical sources concerning Alben, Druden (or Truden), witches, black cats, and Elwedritsche from the perspective of a functional guiding hypothesis: Elwedritsche are to be understood as the result of cultural responses to nocturnal threat scenarios. The point of departure is not the assumption of a...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
July 20, 2026
Alen Kaminski
How can the joint work of structure and agency be conceived, and made testable, within a cognition that has no external point of support? We propose a framework in which cognition is enclosed in a capsule that is closed and opaque: its rules are inaccessible from without, yet different configurations of its internal structure yield internally distinguishable consequences, so that the framework...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
July 3, 2026
Osama S Qatrani
Philosophy does not fail when it becomes difficult; it fails when it becomes non-examinable. Original tool CBIT: a test for definition, method, evidence, and metaphor control. Published cases Dennett-style imitation, LLM consciousness, and quantum-consciousness overextension. Aim Defend interdisciplinary dialogue from method substitution and false depth. Boundary is not censorship; boundary is...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
June 2, 2026
Claus Janew
This paper develops a phenomenological ontology of objecthood centered on alternation. Its phenomenological thesis is that an object appears as one only through structured perceptual, temporal, bodily, practical, mnemonic, anticipatory, and intersubjective transitions. Its ontological thesis is more cautious: objecthood, as objecthood, is best understood as dynamic relational individuation...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
March 4, 2026
Mauro Ferraresi
Abstract The aim of this article is to show how a shift toward a conception of consciousness as an embodied and mediated relation makes it possible to reframe the problem of consciousness in terms of experience, action, and the production of meaning within social and socio-technical worlds. Starting from a simple heuristic scenario, a child playing with a ball, the article outlines the main...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
January 12, 2026
Mark Edward Chard
This article positions Metatron's Cube as a unifying framework bridging ancient geometric principles with contemporary visionary phenomenology. Tracing sacred geometry's evolution from utilitarian applications in the Indus Valley, Babylonia (π ≈ 3.125), and Egypt (π ≈ 3.1605) circa 3000 BCE through its philosophical refinement in 6th-century BCE Greece, the analysis integrates convergent...
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
2023
Ashmita Grewal, Kalysha Closson, Logan White et al.
The purpose of this report is to provide community-based guidance for lower-risk psilocybin use. It is our hope that this guidance will help individuals considering or currently using psilocybin to have a positive and safe experience. The recommendations provided are based on results from the TRIP study (Tips and Recommendation for the Ingestion of Psilocybin), which we present in this report....