About the Horizon of Reason

The Horizon of Reason explores the boundaries of perception and rationality. In an era of post-truth, conspiracy theories, and AI-generated content, this website investigates the ethereal regions between the logical and illogical, the real and the illusionary. The articles on this website till the fertile grounds between reason and insanity.

This website promotes digital asceticism, removing electronic clutter and focusing on content This website is written and published using the Emacs plain text computing environment. Besides philosophically oriented prose about the horizon of reason, this website also contains more technical reflections on

This website contains articles in four categories:

  1. Logos λ Philosophical essays exploring the limits of rationality and perception. These essays explore topics such as epistemology, theatrical magic, optical illusions and fringe thoughts about the world.
  2. Mythos ☉ A world building project aiming to create a synthetic religion based on the reflections in the Logos section.
  3. Thauma ⚝ Reflections on theatrical magic and a course in how to become a magician using mostly publicly available resources.
  4. Praxis ❯ Reflections on productivity and digital asceticism, including articles on how to use Emacs to manage your digital life.

The Author

Peter originally trained to be a carpenter, but his teachers deemed him too clumsy and dangerous to swing a hammer. Not perturbed, he attended university to study architecture. However, after a year slaving at the drawing board, the lecturer suggested that he wasn't artistic enough.

Not flustered by this second rejection, Peter became a civil engineer. He built structures, islands, harbours, bridges, and pipelines around the world. Nevertheless, early in his career, Peter himself discovered not to be technically minded enough to be an engineer, and instead studied philosophy and management, which ultimately led to a Doctor of Philosophy in business.

This website is the result of the forty years of study, self-reflection and dabbling in the art of magic.

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