Archive functions as a reference space, bringing together books, sources, and cultural materials related to the themes explored throughout Oraclepedia. It highlights the works, studies, and traditions that inform the project’s content, supporting transparency, continuity, and deeper exploration for readers who wish to follow the origins of ideas and narratives.
The Nihon Shoki is a foundational text of Japanese history and mythology, blending divine creation narratives with imperial chronicles. It offers insight into Japan’s cultural origins, political development, and the complex interplay of religious beliefs.
Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose is a historical mystery that examines the power of knowledge and the clash between faith and reason in a 14th-century Italian monastery.
It’s a complex, layered novel steeped in medieval history and philosophy.
Van Dijk’s work provides a critical analysis of the societal transformations caused by the internet and the emergence of the Network Society. It examines the cultural, economic, and political implications of this new social structure.
Francis Bacon’s “The New Atlantis” envisions a utopian society dedicated to scientific advancement, offering a blueprint for a future shaped by empirical knowledge and practical innovation.
It reflects the intellectual currents of the Scientific Revolution and the growing belief in human potential through reason and observation.
Lewis Mumford’s work offers a critical assessment of the mechanistic worldview and its profound impact on Western culture and society.
It explores the historical development of the ‘myth of the machine’ and its consequences for human consciousness and social organization.
This work presents translations of texts discovered at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, offering a unique window into early Christian and Gnostic beliefs. It reveals the diversity of thought within early Christianity and challenges traditional interpretations.
A foundational exploration of how narrative serves as the primary cognitive tool for human meaning-making. Jerome Bruner details the structural features of stories and explains how they allow individuals and cultures to construct a cohesive sense of reality.
Elizabeth Loftus’s work challenges the notion of repressed memories, demonstrating the reconstructive and fallible nature of human recollection. The book highlights the susceptibility of memory to suggestion and distortion, with implications for psychotherapy and the legal system.
Luria’s study of Shereshevsky offers a unique exploration of exceptional memory, examining its underlying mechanisms and subjective experience. The book provides insights into the neurological basis of cognition within a specific socio-cultural context.
Gardner’s work provides a historical account of the cognitive revolution, tracing its intellectual roots and key developments. It examines the shift from behaviorism to a focus on internal mental processes and proposes a theory of multiple intelligences.
