Rethinking the COVID-19 Causation Narrative
Despite COVID-19's mind-boggling destruction of human lives and the global economy - or perhaps because of it- this depopulating pandemic has furnished humanity with an extraordinary opportunity to tap the depths of our creativity and resilience.
And the Couvade syndrome, rooted in male-female interdependence in procreation is arguably the most fertile field of inquiry and planning platform for our regeneration.
COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of human life and civilization in a profound, population decimating and dislocating manner.
The carnivorous communicable SARS-CoV-2 pathogen that causes this disease has unearthed deep, historically entrenched anomalies and antagonisms at the core of human communication and relationships - especially male-female relationships: the perennial "battle of the sexes".
From astoundingly acrimonious debates among scientists, in the face of this death threat (about its possible causes and cures), to peaks in domestic violence and divorce filings, COVID-19 is forcing humanity to confront the "abomination of desolation" that consists in humanity's appetite for deadly disagreement and conflict.
Our challenge, outlined in this groundbreaking text, is to receive this revelation not just as a condemning curse but as a merciful blessing pointing us to principles of human interdependence, and especially to the existential priority of male-female interdependence.
From this perspective, the well documented Couvade syndrome that highlights an apparently contiguous, temporal and spatial border transcending relationship between men and women in pregnancy and procreation cries out for the scientific community's, the mainstream media's and politicians' urgent attention.
In this regard, the disproportionate COVID-19 death toll among males is to be noted.
What might the obscure Couvade, phantom pregnancy phenomenon, characterized by men sharing the physical pregnancy symptoms of the women that they have impregnated teach us about the survival science that binds women and men beyond the battle of the sexes?
What can it teach humanity, irrespective of our gender, racial, religious and other ideological differences about the inevitability and conscious or unconscious empathy and wisdom that inclines us to bear each other's burdens?
What can a COVID-19 and Couvade syndrome comparison teach us about the survival science of intimacy in a pandemic that mandates and underscores the value of social distancing?
And what contribution can the ancient biblical principle of the unwritten New Covenant, with its cryptic reference to women "compassing" men (Jeremiah 31:22), make to this discussion?
Professional and citizen scientists who recognize that the best defense against the ravages of COVID-19 is a critical thinking yet open mind.
Two forewords from my book "The Bible: Beauty and Terror Reconciled". One is by the prominent secular Barbadian historian Trevor Marshall and the other is by the late Anglican cleric Reverend Canon Andrew Hatch, who was a popular radio personality.
Unfortunately, I'm having difficulty accessing the Word file of that text.
here is the book's Amazon page link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bible-Beauty-Terror-Reconciled/dp/0956463711
A model or resilience and triumph against extraordinary obstacles, I have survived a Barbados-sown, globally grown campaign of politically and commercially motivated character assassination and related human rights abuses.
Advocating a forensic approach to forgiveness I have been building bridges and consensus with former ideological adversaries and continue to propagate my deeply held belief that we can indeed "all get along".
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COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of human life and civilization in a profound, population decimating and dislocating manner.
The carnivorous communicable SARS-CoV-2 pathogen that causes this disease has unearthed deep, historically entrenched anomalies and antagonisms at the core of human communication and relationships - especially male-female relationships.
From astoundingly acrimonious debates among scientists, in the face of this death threat (about its possible causes and cures), to peaks in domestic violence and divorce filings, COVID-19 is forcing humanity to confront the "abomination of desolation" that consists in humanity's appetite for deadly disagreement and conflict.
Our challenge, outlined in this groundbreaking text, is to receive this revelation not just as a condemning curse but as a merciful blessing pointing us to principles of human interdependence, and especially to the existential priority of male-female interdependence.
From this perspective, the well documented Couvade syndrome that highlights an apparently contiguous, temporal and spatial border transcending relationship between men and women in pregnancy and procreation cries out for the scientific community's, the mainstream media's and politicians' urgent attention.
In this regard, the disproportionate COVID-19 death toll among males is to be noted.
What might the obscure Couvade, phantom pregnancy phenomenon, characterized by men sharing the physical pregnancy symptoms of the women that they have impregnated teach us about the survival science that binds women and men beyond the battle of the sexes?
What can it teach humanity, irrespective of our gender, racial, religious and other ideological differences about the inevitability and conscious or unconscious empathy and wisdom that inclines us to bear each other's burdens?
What can a COVID-19 and Couvade syndrome comparison teach us about the survival science of intimacy in a pandemic that mandates and underscores the value of social distancing?
And what contribution can the ancient biblical principle of the unwritten New Covenant, with its cryptic reference to women "compassing" men (Jeremiah 31:22), make to this discussion?
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In his foreword to "The Bible: Beauty and Terror Reconciled", Barbadian historian Trevor Marshall describes it as a product of my pursuit of "the quintessence of spirituality".
In his foreword Canon Andrew Hatch (deceased), a prominent Barbadian Anglican minister, also praised the book for its rigorous response to the challenge posed by fundamentalist Christianity.
A multi-page extract of the text is included in the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions, published by the University of Illinois in 2013.
The book combines rigorous scholarship with profoundly personal testimony in a call for a radical rethinking of the fundamentals of Christianity.
Focusing on the catastrophic confusion of the unwritten, psycho-social phenomenon called the New Covenant with the written New Testament particularly, it speaks prophetically to the mixing of animal and human DNA that underlies the COVID-19 disease.
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In his foreword to "The Bible: Beauty and Terror Reconciled", Barbadian historian Trevor Marshall describes it as a product of my pursuit of "the quintessence of spirituality".
In his foreword Canon Andrew Hatch (deceased), a prominent Barbadian Anglican minister, also praised the book for its rigorous response to the challenge posed by fundamentalist Christianity.
A multi-page extract of the text is included in the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions, published by the University of Illinois in 2013.
The book combines rigorous scholarship with profoundly personal testimony in a call for a radical rethinking of the fundamentals of Christianity.
Focusing on the catastrophic confusion of the unwritten, psycho-social phenomenon called the New Covenant with the written New Testament particularly, it speaks prophetically to the mixing of animal and human DNA that underlies the COVID-19 disease.
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