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This Issue’s Features:

Presenting the January-February 2018 Issue:

 

 John Pellam, President & Director

The Bibliotheque: World Wide Society and the Institute for Positive Global Solutions

 

 

 New Years Day, 2018

 

With warm wishes for a creative and innovative year to come, I’m pleased to present you with the January-February 2018 issue of the Journal of Global Issues & Solutions.

 

This issue’s Page One Feature Paper is authored by a regular contributor to this Journal, Mr. Michael Mifsud, Entrepreneur, Writer and International Consultant, based in Malaga, Spain. “The Collective Subconscious: The Soft Underbelly of Our Species: Did Self Consciousness and Religious Convictions Leave “Survival Needs” to Intermediaries?” delves into the complex topics of consciousness and the subconscious, and presents the concept of a ‘Collective Subconscious’.  Mr. Mifsud reviews that “Throughout human history most have been governed by the few and against the general will.  In democracies this would appear not to be possible with the safety catch of the so called ballot box.  Yet nothing has changed and the end results of ‘free’ societies and those repressed by dictators often show little difference in terms of social benefits.  In fact, after periods of hard dictatorial rule, the legacy of those attached to the system remains in the minds of those who preferred it that way and because the system benefitted them.  Others even perhaps claimed the existence of a degree of ethical standards and rule of law which appeared to have disintegrated with the removal of the callous and imposed authority.  Additionally, the release of the myriads of  ‘social reformers’  trying to capture the middle ground of the new political stage seemed  intent on causing an  administrative chaos  based on bullying  behind screens to obtain a power platform.   Needless to say the evolution of these can be seen today with relatively ineffectual union and civil rights movements seesawing through social history.  Who they stand for is sometimes an enigma but in modern democracies it is obvious just how easy easily they assume and control the survival drive of the masses.”

 

Our following paper, “In Defense of Myanmar ― Compte Rendu,” explains of this still somewhat mysterious country, that “The Myanmar Government has taken the ‘gradualist’ approach  to governing in the last 20 to 25 years, refurbishing their economy, rebuilding infrastructure, and getting as many dissidents/secessionists (and the like) as possible back into the national/governmental fold. The world at large understands that the past State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) Government as, ipso facto, the Myanmar Government, has been attracting foreign investments, et cetera, and indeed they have, in their ‘gradualist approach’, succeeded in demonstrating to the world at large that they are a credible, no-nonsense government, a government large enough, a’posteriori, to look into the mirror, ascertain their own faults and blemishes and conclude that their 1950s/60s experiment in socialism did not quite go the way they liked or conceived and they are now prepared to follow the ‘Capitalist Road’ which was their original path, post-independence, 1948.”

 

Following, Ragnar Viir, M.D., Ph.D., of Helsinki, Finland, presents his paper within the topic area of Medicine: Personal Health & Fitness: “The Time for Uprising is Here.” There is a worldwide epidemic of sedentarism; in countries throughout the world, particularly in the developed nations, we simply spend too much time sitting and not enough time on our feet. This paper was originally written for an Estonian readership; it is presented here translated into English. This dissertation offers a review of the negative health aspects of sedentarism and simple habits we can develop for better health and fitness.

 

This issue concludes with Part X of a special presentation in the topic area of Education: Life & Consciousness, by Naturalistic Philosopher Mr. Iain Kirkaldy-Willis of Spain’s Canary Islands. “The Nature of Thought” is an on-going series of visual presentations. The author explains that “the use of image/text presentations has been chosen as a stimulating, provocative and inspiring format for consciousness raising.  It is an approach that has evolved over the years from a wide variety of applications – as a gardener in Finland, piecing together a holistic agricultural approach to an adult educational community’s land and then making that part of that Folk High School’s curriculum – in use with villagers in the foothills of N. India, as a tool for awareness, healing and empowerment, in the face of socio-environmental collapse – in the designing of courses to meet adult needs for healing and change in the face of different kinds of personal crisis.” Excellent graphics and bright imagery vividly highlight this fascinating visual presentation.

 

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I’m looking forward to your receiving your comments, observations and remarks regarding this issue’s presentations,

 

With best wishes,

 

John Pellam

President & Director

Bibliotheque: World Wide International Publishers

The Bibliotheque: World Wide Society

Email: president@bwwsociety.org

Website: www.bwwsociety.org

 

About the Journal:

 

The Journal of Global Issues & Solutions, the official publication of the BWW Society and the Institute for Positive Global Solutions, reviews various aspects relating to Globalization (economic, political, cultural, environmental, technological, scientific, et al), as well the arts, humanities, literature, science, medicine, education and other issues. The Journal’s contributors include professors, researchers, and other scholars and academics who are members of the BWW Society and the Institute. The Journal features articles, special reports, proposals, and academic reviews as well as editorials, commentaries, views and opinions of the Society's Members.

 

Call for Papers: Journal of Global Issues & Solutions:

 

We are currently accepting papers for publication in the Journal of Global Issues & Solutions. If you would like to submit a paper for review for publication, you are hereby cordially invited to forward your manuscript.

 

Topics include all aspects related to the Effects (both positive and negative) of Globalization, in the realms of Economics, Culture, Science, Philosophy, Medicine, Theology, Education, Technology, Music & The Fine Arts, Psychology and other subject areas.

 

The Journal features scholarly papers, academic research, commentary pieces and other published works from an expansive range of academics, business leaders, theologians, artists, musicians and other professionals from an array of nations and cultures spanning the globe.

 

Once again, I would like to cordially invite you to submit a paper for publication in the Journal of Global Issues & Solutions. Our readers would be most interested in learning your views, perspectives and insights in your field of endeavor.

 

Call for Papers: The Pellam Journal of Science:

 

The Pellam Journal of Science is a publication of the BWW Society and the Institute for Positive Global Solutions, and features investigative research papers from scientists throughout the world.

 

We are currently accepting papers for publication. If you would like to submit a paper for review for publication, you are cordially invited to forward your manuscript via email to: president@bwwsociety.org.

 

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