Aesthetics of Economics
and

The Scottish Masonic Tradition
 
 

In the Light of The Folk Spirits
 
 
 
 

A Meditative Study

by
B. Gardiner MA

Copyright © Barbara Gardiner 2000
 
 
 

Is mairg a dh'itheadh an solus

Pity the person who would eat the light.
Gaelic proverb
 


 

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all the Bravehearts of the World Economy, those who are not afraid to take the children of the world into their hearts when they engage in economic thinking.   It is specifically dedicated to the following,

Caledonia, my homeland, which inspired

Robert The Bruce, King of Scotland, 14th C

who inspired

Robert Burns (1759 -1796)

who inspired

Robert Gardiner, my grandfather

who inspired

Robert Gardiner, my father (1925-1968)

who inspired

Robert Gardiner,  my brother (1954-1997)

and Angela Maria da Silva Holanda, age 16, my Brazilian  economic god-daughter and her longed-for children.
 
 

Acknowledgement

This book is a spiritual collaboration and could not have come into being without the integrity, wisdom, faith and knowledge of my friend Rosa Letelier, Banker and Consultant, Madrid, whose banking genius and unfailing courage mapped its course.  Grazie, Rosa.

Barbara Gardiner, Edinburgh, March 2000


Aesthetics of Economics

A Meditative Study
 
 

contents
 

Part One

1 Introduction

7 The Birth of Modern Economics

 15 Associative Economia
in the Light of the Portuguese Folk Spirit

  33 The Higher Perception of Occult Economics
   in the Light of the Russian Folk Spirit
and
 Selected Bibliography

 

Part Two

 41 Position Paper in World Economy


   The author welcomes correspondence on the content of this study .    For hard copies please contact
 
 

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  PO Box 12866
  Loanhead
  Midlothian  EH20  9YH
  Scotland


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