Published: “Lord Stanhope – The Adversary of Kaspar Hauser” – the translation

  Lord Stanhope – The Adversary of Kaspar Hauser, my translation of  Philip Henry, Lord Stanhope, Der Gegenspieler Kaspar Hausers (Urachhaus, 1988) by Johannes Mayer, was published by Temple Lodge Publishing (Forest Row, UK) on 8 December 2025.  For further information about the book, see:                     ...
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The ‘Ghost’ of Rome and the ‘Spectre’ of the Old Testament

This article was first published in New View magazine #116 July-Sept. 2025 I recently returned from a working trip to Italy, which included a stay of 8 days in Rome, my first visit to the city. While there, I went to a number of well-known historical sites, including the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus, the latter of which was used in ancient times for races, notably the very popular quadriga...
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Kaspar Hauser and the Peoples of the Middle: Germans and Jews

This article was first published in New View magazine #113 October-December 2024  – Title illustration by David Newbatt (2006) from Kaspar Hauser – Where did he come from? (2006) by Terry Boardman This summer I went again to the Kaspar Hauser Festspiele (festival) that is held every two years in the south German city of Ansbach. I have been going to the Festspiele since 2004. It is...
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The 1960s: a Generation’s Path through Will, Wisdom, Love and Illusion.

This article was first published in New View magazine #112 Summer 2024 We are now perhaps far enough away from the 1960s to be able to look back on that decade – and many of us are still alive who can remember what it was like to be young at that time – and realise that it was a time that is extraordinarily pregnant with meaning and vividly illustrative of the contemporary spiritual struggles...
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Lord Stanhope und die Gegenspieler Kaspar Hausers

Dieser Vortrag von Terry M. Boardman wurde bei den zweijährlichen Kaspar-Hauser-Festspiele in Ansbach Deutschland am 1. August 2020 durch Eckart Boehmer, der Intendant der Festspiele,  vorgelesen. In verschiedenen Kulturen halten Menschen Vorträge auf unterschiedliche Weise. In Japan ist es beispielsweise nicht üblich, einen Vortrag mit einem Witz oder etwas Unbeschwertes zu beginnen. In...
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