Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity
Ten Nodes of Symbolizing Humanity

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2024-09-06

Total Pages: 133

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This work documents the surprising logarithmic pacing of human evolution. Starting at 8 million years ago with the first hominin, we keep halving units, revealing a series of distinct leaps in symbolic capacity. Ten major nodes include the first bipedal humans, the making of stone tools, ornaments, and figurines, the ritual burial of the dead, and drawing images in deep caves. We are given considerable cause to wonder about the beauty and meaning of symbols. Read this book if you want to become open to the deepest layers of symbolizing found in our humanity.

Ten Traits of Empire
Ten Traits of Empire

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2022-07-29

Total Pages: 59

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A wave of authoritarianism is sweeping the planet, tempting people to choose a dark path. It would be in our interest to know the traits of empires, so we can be alert to its dangers, to prevent and control its rise. Yet we are not taught to name the reality or to identify empire's basic traits. Thus, this work seeks to make clear the traits of the empire path. Then, this work wrestles with questions "Is there a good empire? Is a more utopian vision possible? And, if we are in an empire, how do we resist and build to a better future? We invite you to read this work to understand the flow of history and to gain hope that our world and its children can live in a richer, freer world.

Ten Times We Almost Died
Ten Times We Almost Died

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2024-03-31

Total Pages: 37

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This work explores the author's encounters with times he almost died. A reflection on such events, in which we approach the razor's edge between life and death, has something to teach us. The author invites you to explore the meaning of your own life's relationship to death. By his reflections he hopes to open a door to the unexpected discoveries of times we companioned with death, and how they might become life-giving.

Ten Metadiscoveries We Have Made
Ten Metadiscoveries We Have Made

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2024-04-27

Total Pages: 35

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This work offers ten meta-insights about the universe, ones which also resonate with our inner world. Drawing upon the author's interdisciplinary studies and life, we ask what can be said in total? This work serves as an invitation for each of us to explore our own philosophy and identify our own meta-discoveries. When doing such work, we will become more aware and able to actualize our lives more fully.

Fifteen Amazing Things About the Body
Fifteen Amazing Things About the Body

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

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Total Pages: 30

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This work explores several amazing traits of the human body you may not have considered. Sometimes they are the simplest of traits, such as the body moves, leading us to consider "action is the basis of knowledge." Other times the traits are more subtle, like electrical fields around the body and the body's center of gravity. The body is the foundation of our being and spirituality, and it holds mysteries from both. You are invited to journey and to discover more about your body so you can live a more full and embodied life.

Down New River and Another World
Down New River and Another World

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2024-02-21

Total Pages: 54

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Along the oldest river in North America, New River, Zoe and Tod take a vacation with their teenage daughter Diana, who is experiencing a heartbreak. The beauty of Appalachia presents a new world in many ways, with intimations of the past and future mixing together. When Diana is swept down river due to unknown causes, an unexpected world opens up. Laden with dangers and tests, the question arises whether another world can help bring love to this one.

In the Wild and Do One Wild Thing
In the Wild and Do One Wild Thing

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1393260985

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Zoe and Tod, who have been married for many years, seek to reignite their relationship with a trip abroad. Zoe wants to go to Europe, and Tod agrees on the condition that they do one wild thing in each country. This leads to complications from accidentally ingesting mushrooms in Dionysian Greece, having their clothes eaten by goats after having a vision of a medieval saint in a waterfall, and a crash amid windmills in Don Quixote's Spain. In the end their adventures and misadventures touch upon an essence of each country and leads them to discover something deeper about their relationship.

Child of the Elements
Child of the Elements

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2019-11-24

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1393991009

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In human prehistory, premature children were the evolutionary future. Kinder is an early child, whose survival depends on a fierce mother. Because the father is absent, she offers her child to the Elements for protection. A second child, Huntress, aids in their survival by helping to make an alliance with a young wolf. Dangers in prehistory abound, as human adults were the size of pre-teens, with predators much larger. Read this story to see how the "New Ones" survived to become the future of humankind.

The Mystery of Essence
The Mystery of Essence

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2022-06-30

Total Pages: 67

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This work begins by entering a world in which normal things have dissolved and essences appear. With the emergence of a new physicality, mysteries are explored: the body's mineral/spiritual substance, the shape of one's soul/body, opposites joining to make a unity, and the experience of merging with animals and plants. A problematic future is also envisioned, in which factual reality has been deconstructed, and our connection to others is endangered. To help us, we are shown four true essences and four false ones. Come experience the path to the lost world of shared essences from the astronomical to the spiritual world.

Streak and Cave Bear Dreaming
Streak and Cave Bear Dreaming

Author: Michael A. Susko

Publisher: AllrOneofUs Publishing

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 1393172199

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Finn, an explorer and researcher, discovers a Cave Bear and prehistoric clans in the Canadian Rockies. Declared a shaman, he is drafted to help them mysterious electrical beings. When Finn returns to civilization, no one believes his story, until he offers proof at the very end. Read this story, if you would like to experience humor and adventure from paleolithic times.