The Sun Chooses Not Where It Shines
Reading 1 Deuteronomy 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be…
What Kills Before the Hand Moves
Reading 1 Ezekiel 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all…
Esoteric Seeds in Gurdjieff, Nicoll, and the Gospels
Something new begins today on franciscoricardo.com. For some time I have wanted to share a daily practice I have been developing — a reading of the…
The Nature of Asking
Verse Before the Gospel Psalm 51:12a, 14a A clean heart create for me, O God; give me back the joy of your salvation. Gospel Matthew…
Reading the Gospels as Psychology
— Introduction to an Esoteric Path — I was raised Catholic — Mass on Sundays, the rituals of Sacrament, the whole architecture of belief that…
Revisiting the CARET UFO Case
I am providing a new analysis of a UFO case with complex materials that renders debunking claims problematic. A few years ago, I was intrigued…
Why I Made a Film about Neanderthals
My friends, my new documentary — Echoes of the Ancients: A Journey through Neanderthal Lives — is not exclusively a documentary project aiming to reveal groundbreaking new…
Exploring Neanderthal Lives on Film
Today’s brief offering is a small gallery of images from the new feature-length documentary Echoes of the Ancients: A Journey through Neanderthal Lives. Premiering today on…
Turning Within: A Stoic Reflection on a Dying Age
In an age when politics has become the theater of moral decay and public life drifts toward authoritarian shadows, the reflection I am offering today…
A Film (and Some Facts) About Our Neanderthal Links
As mentioned in the last article, in about two weeks (on October 24, 2025), my latest documentary, titled Echoes of the Ancients: A Journey through Neanderthal…