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John Mackay

Author. Secular Ontologist. Founder of Colocracy. Reimagining power, defining existence and modelling a future beyond electoral democracy. A mind that won’t sit still.

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Samkhya

Samkhya

Saturday, April 04, 2026

Samkhya splits reality in two: consciousness over here, matter over there. Forever separate. Never touching. Clean. Elegant. But unable to explain how they interact. Samkhya's metaphor tells us that the blind carrier and lame guide only work together. But what if this dependency was one process mistaken as two?

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Plotinus

Plotinus

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Plotinus saw unity as the source—a perfect One from which multiplicity flows downward as a kind of falling away. But what if unity isn’t the origin, but the achievement? What if multiplicity isn’t a fall, but the very condition for unity to emerge? This comparative analysis inverts the Neoplatonic hierarchy.

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Classical Theism

Classical Theism

Saturday, March 21, 2026

If relationship is the 'primitive' of existence, what does that mean for how we understand God, creation, or even ethics? A thought-provoking read.

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Aristotle

Aristotle

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Aristotle founded Western metaphysics on the concept of substance: reality is made of individual things that exist first and only later enter into relationships. But what if Aristotle had it back to front? This assessment suggests that what we perceive as substance is actually a stable pattern of activity.

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Books

The Gospel of Being

The Gospel of Being

by John Mackay

Discover the first principle of existence in 30 seconds.

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HUM

HUM

by John Mackay

The sound you've been trying to silence. And why you shouldn't.

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Without Fear

Without Fear

by John Mackay

Most books talk about resisting power. This one teaches you how to replace it—openly but anonymously.

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Colocracy

Colocracy

by John Mackay

The best government money can't buy.

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Towards a Mathematical Proof of God

Towards a Mathematical Proof of God

by John Mackay

There is no greater question than on the first principle of existence i.e. the Creator: 'that which creates'.

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Last updated: 2026-04-03