ROBERT C. PRIDDY HOMEPAGE

Robert Crichton Priddy PhD. (aka just Robert Priddy): Born 1936 - Cirencester, England. Resident in Norway since 1959. Retired - researched in the sociology of knowledge at The Institute of Social Studies, Oslo, Norway. Researched, lectured and examined in philosophy 1968-85 (Institute of Philosophy & Examen Philosophicum) and sociology 1970-76 (Institute of Psychology) at the University of Oslo, Norway and as guest lecturer in Scandinavia.
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Robert Priddy's YouTube videos music (soft jazz-rock, progressive and ethnic influenced compositions)


These Fleeting Scenes Lovely People, Lovely Places Everything We Receive Get Up Outa Bed  As Mortals Dream
The Wheel of Time Riverrun improvisato Swirling Under the Moon Cycling down a leafy lane  A Miasmic Dream
Seventh Wave The Wind Blows In Strange Days Winter Carol Love that All is Made For


Sartre mangled and Zeno Perplexed

Robert Priddy interviews on the Sathya Sai Baba cult on YouTube

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Academic Publications

Objectivity And The Study Of Human Society Epistemological problems of the main social sciences. Oslo University 1968 (133 pages)

Observation and Understanding of Social Phenomena
Public lecture, Institute of Philosophy, 1968.

Behaviour, Intention & Meaning Research principles on meaningful behaviour. Institute Of Social Research , Oslo 1969 (62 pages )

Forskningsorienteringer I Norsk Samfunnsvitenskap (Research Orientations In Norwegian Social Science) Conclusions of a research project in the sociology of knowledge into Norwegian social research during the 1960s (see details of aim and methods) . Publ. Institute Of Sociology, University Of Oslo. 1972 (20 pages) as Kunnskapssosiologiske betraktninger over orienteringer i norsk samfunnsforskning.

Communication & Understanding Textbook in semantical and logical analysis and the philosophy of science. University 1982 New Eds. 1983, 1985. (216 pages) On-line book under Creative Commons License- see here

Empirisme og byråkrati Hovedtendenser i norsk samfunnsforskning i 60-årene. Yearbook of Sociology,Oslo, Norway. 2000. p.11 - 34. (Sosiologisk Årbok 2000) ISSN 0808-288X.

Self-Awareness in Psychological Understanding  in Transfigural Mathematics Vol 1 No. 1 2006 pps 39-43 & 59-63. (Interdisciplinary Journal of Mathematics, Sciences, Literature and Arts.

Sathya Sai Baba Compendium Considerable set of extensive articles on the doctrines, history and actions of the Indian guru

Articles in Norwegian Books, Journals and National Newspapers

I was fairly active in free-lance journalism (having firstly learned techniques as a shipping journalist assistant editor in the City of London (at The Syren and Shipping Illustrated during 1957-1958) , social science, philosophical, psychological/psychiatric and social-political debate in Norway in the mid-1960s and thereafter. In the 1980s and 90s I published diverse writings on spirituality in articles, journals and books. Some of my early published contributions - articles in newspapers, journals and books - are referenced here:-
My contribution to the debate on social theory and methods - see here,

My work as a NAVF researcher in sociology at the Institute of Social Science, Oslo, between 1968 and 1972, reference here
Detailed report on my1972 research into Norwegian social researches
Three articles in the journal 'Kontrast' on R.D. Laing and the 1960s revolution in psychiatry see here and here
Foreword to R.D. Laing's 'The Divided Self' in Norwegian see here
Chapter in 'Filosofisk Hjelpebok' pub. by Oslo University Press see here
Writings on psychology include 'The Human Whole' (1991), showcased in 'Transfigural Mathematics' see here
Some sociopolitical articles in Norway's national newspaper 'Dagbladet' see here and here and here

Sammenbrudd og Gjennombrudd
 [Journalen] Kontrast (5) Nr. 4 1966 side 53-58 (English trans.: 'Breakdown and Breakthrough')

Sinnsykdom, Radikalisme og R.D. Laing  [Journalen] Kontrast 9 nr. 4 1967 (English trans. 'Mental illness, radicalism and R.D. Laing')

Schizophreni og Samfunn [Journalen] Kontrast 13 nr. 2 1969 side 124-133 (English translation: 'Schizophrenia and Society')

Filosofisk Hjelpebok, 'Om Sjel og Legeme' Universitetsforlaget (Oslo University Press), 1975, ISBN 82-00-01479-7

Foreword
to Det Spaltede Selv by R.D. Laing, 1968, Gyldendahl Forlag, Oslo

The Fundamentalist Guru Trap Exploitation, Norwegian National Inter-Cultural Magazine Ragtime, Vol 10. No 7. Oslo.

See also on Priddy on 'Empiricism and Bureaucracy' in Norwegian: Forelesning om Empirisme og Byråkrati - Hovedtendenser in norsk samfunnsforskning i 60-årene.


Some worldwideweb Publications:

Secular understanding and related issues Articles on human experience relating to a down-to-earth world view; secularism, agnosticism or atheism and so-called 'spirituality', basic human needs or characteristics towards happiness, self-understanding, and phenomena caused by the brain, its micro-chemistry and structures.

Science in Transition Overview article on the changing face and agendas of science in the new millennium

Treatise on freedom and fate, cause and choice
A philosophical study - an elucidation of the complex of questions surrounding the ideas of free will and their diverse implications.

DIVERSE SUBJECTS - ARTICLES & ESSAYS

INDEX OF INVESTIGATIONS INTO FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES
NORWAY - AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE

INCREDIBLE INDIA - FADS AND FOIBLES
THE RAJ AND THE REICH

THE 2ND WORLD WAR - HINGES OF FATE
THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF JAPAN

ASPECTS OF BUREAUCRATISM - DEPERSONALISATION SYSTEMATISED
MADAME PETROVNA BLAVATSKY
CRICKET & EDMUND BLUNDEN - AN APPRAISAL

INDIAN POLYMATH NIRAD CHAUDHURI'S WORKS

INDEX OF ARTICLES ON INDIA

PERSONAL RECORDS

INDEX - NOSTALGIA & MORE
AXEL JENSEN WITH ROBERT PRIDDY & KAI PRIDDY 1968
MY PAST - TIMES AND CONNECTIONS
WISBOROUGH LODGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

MY EXPERIENCES AT SEA
ROFFEY PARK RETRO - IMAGES
CHARING-X ROAD MUSIC SHOPS

TRAMPING THE SEA - 18 MONTHS AS A CADET IN THE MN
AIR SIGNALLERS 1955, SWANTON MORLEY
THE 'SYREN AND SHIPPING ILLUTRATED

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THE GROTTO CLUB, BAKER ST. 1958 TO 1959
THE KENNY BARKER QUARTET
ORIGIN OF THE GOON SHOW'S "BLUEBOTTLE" CHARACTER
SUTTON SURREY MAPS 1955, 1968 & 1970
H. E. PRIDDY
H.F. PRIDDY & JANE. C. PRIDDY


FUN DEPT.

Hysterical philosophy paper by foreign student on YouTube
SARTRE SAID
ZENO'S PARADOX MADNESS
Riding to the relief of philosophy students comes:- A YET SHORTER HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
(with notes for a course in comparative Western American gun slinging philosophy)

CAMEL PONSONBY AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

AT MR. BADGER'S WIND IN THE WILLOWS' HOME
RADIO COMEDY OF THE '40S & '50S

COLOCHE - FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
DIVERSE FUN - JOKES & QUOTES

SOME EURO-JOKES

EPHEMERA AND CURIOS

INDEX OF ITEMS
INDIA as portrayed in the 1930s
WITCHCRAFT ('Book of Knowledge')
MAGIC FROM 1930 article
PIANO MANUFACTURE IN THE 1930s
SOUTH SHIELDS EPHEMERA
WW2 NEWS REPORTS
WW2 FORCES' NEWS
RLS-HAREHALL
GRAPHIC DESIGNS AND WATER COLOURS
NORWAY'S FOREST FARE + FOREST VIEWS & MORE
RAVENSBURGER 3000 ANIMAL STAMPS full picture

LITERARY, LANGUAGE & POETRY DEPT

THE LOST WORLD OF BOOKS
A SMALL NETWORK OF WEB POETRY - 1

A SMALL NETWORK OF WEB POETRY - 2
SCOTTISH VOCABULARY
listed from 'Witch Wood' 1930 by John Buchan (1875-1940 Baron Tweedsmuir)


MY PUBLICATIONS ON SPIRITUALITY

Current standpoint on spiritual faith (click here)

Source of the Dream (US edition) Samuel Weiser Inc., York Beach, 1998 ISBN 1-57863-028-2
Source of the Dream
(Indian edition) Sai Towers Publishing, Puttaparthi, A.P. 2000 (see their web site if extant)
The Source of Dream Sun-Sky Publications - Bangalore, 1994
End of the Dream publ. Indian Skeptic/B. Premanand. Podanur, Tamil Nadu, 2004.
No Bouquets to the Baba Law Animated World, 15 December, 2005, Hyderabad
Erroneous teachings of Sai Baba - proclaimed avatar of the age
Fonte do Sonho publ. Madras Editora 2002 (in Portuguese)
On-line articles on science and the deconstruction of religious doctrines - agnosticism-atheism
Robert Priddy - norsk data

EXTENSIVE EVALUATIONS OF 'SATHYA SAI BABA IN WORD AND ACTION' - MAIN OVERVIEW

SAI BABA COMPENDIUM INDEX

SEE MY BLOG SITE http://robertpriddy.wordpress.com/


PÅ NORSK - SATHYA SAI BABA AVSLØRT

Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization - LIST OF PETITIONERS

CHRONICLE OF EVENTS from Sathya Sai Baba's hospitalization until funeral and its aftermath

WORLD EXPOSÉ OF SEXUAL ABUSE BY SATHYA SAI BABA
MURDERS IN SATHYA SAI'S BEDROOM 1993
UP-DATE - EXECUTIONS IN SAI BABA'S BEDROOM
SATHYA SAI BABA EXPOSURE IN INTERNATIONAL MEDIA
SATHYA SAI ORG. PROPAGANDA, COVER-UP
THE SATHYA SAI ORGANISATION EXAMINED
SAI BABA'S FALSE CLAIMS AND PROPHESIES
SATHYA SAI STORIES, MYTHS AND DECEITS
ERLENDUR HARALDSSN'S 'MODERN MIRACLES' EXPOSED
DR, JOHN HISLOP LETTERS ON SAI SEX COVER-UP

COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF SAI BABA SEX PAGES
FAKE 'GREEN DIAMOND' RING EXPOSED
DR. G. VENKATARAMAN'S COVER-UP DECEITS EXPOSED
MAJOR FLAWS IN SAI BABA'S 'TEACHINGS'
SATHYA SAI MESSAGE: UNIVERSAL OR SECTARIAN?
SAI BABA'S DOCTRINAIRE EDUCATIONAL FUNDAMENTALISM
SAI BABA'S CONFUSED VIEWS ON WOMEN

SAI BABA'S EDUCATION AS "EDUCARE"
SAI BABA, NON-VIOLENCE & INDIA'S ATOM BOMBS
SERIES OF CRITICAL ARTICLES ON WORDPRESS

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