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Greetings to all from Manila. Yesterday was my first live vid chat, and it was very much an eye opener in so many ways…a generous and extremely interesting community is my lasting impression. Needless to say, in any collection of ‘like minds’ (if I might deign to use such an expression re this group) is going to have a great deal of difference in talents, in information, in ideas expressed and in understanding; I have my own ‘reasons’ for being here, mostly to do with following a life long quest for understanding after a profound ‘spiritual experience’ in my early 20’s. I won’t go into a long description of this, but it forced a major change in my then more or less scientific materialist worldview, and led to (private) studies of philosophy, metaphysical writings, mythology, history, science, politics, and included dabbling in occult writings and practice as well…nothing ‘serious’ but I did study astrology quite intently for a time, though in the end, through my experience of it, I stepped back from further involvement in that field, remaining as a mere ‘observer’, occasionally reading material that I came across. I was born working class poor, and have never had the kind of resources that many here seem to have access to. My reading has been done mostly through public library access in Australia, and whatever books I could get my hands on, so in essence it has been limited. I do have a handful of Dr Farrell’s books, and will buy more as circumstances permit…I survive now, at age 67, on a pension that supports 4 people here in the Philippines, and with no work (I am a playing musician…drum set being my instrument), finances are tight right now. Thus, I now have a request for those within the group who might see this message. I have found some ‘free’ stuff online, specifically work by Webster Tarpley, and some translations of Bruno that I wanted to follow up on after reading Vipers of Venice; to be a more effective participant in vid chat stuff I feel I need to find SOOOO much more…stuff on science that JPF references all the time, stuff on ancient history (I did two undergraduate degrees, one in Economics and Politics, one in Music, so I have done a fair degree of reading in those areas over the years) and religion generally. If anyone can point me to good free online sources in any of these areas I feel it will just save me some investigatory time and help me better appreciate the discussions I hope to be a part of for the future. I am happy to keep searching online myself, but would greatly appreciate any ‘guidance’ in finding open source sites that are easily accessible. I know this is pleading poor, but that is my reality for now, so I will do so, under the caveat that my intentions are ‘honest’…I have an insatiable curiosity, and a shitload of time right now, so I want to use it productively. Thanking you all in advance, and once again, it is nice to be among you all 🙂