The Real Motives for Scottish and Catalan Independence

By Anthony Wakefield Hill

There is every reason to lump together the Scottish and Catalan attempts at independence, as will immediately be evident upon the reader’s acquaintance with this book. No doubt there are figures in Catalonia equivalent to Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, since pathological psychology is presumably not confined to the Scottish
mentality, The body of the book is occupied by an analysis of the desire for Scottish independence, seen partly as a reflection of the American variety, but, to both of these the Catalonian call for a similar event can be likened, and therefore the author does not devote much time to the latter, incipient development. However, the reader is enjoined to substitute ‘Catalonian’ references for ‘Scottish’ references throughout. A large part of this dissertation is concerned with the wider aspect of politics and their relation to the ‘freedom’ purportedly found in democracy, being, of course, relevant though not, perhaps, obviously so. The Brexit crisis produced the ideal excuse for a second vote on Scottish independence – fortunately frustrated – the real reasons for which are here laid bare, being psychological and personal rather than political.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mereo Books
• Release date: Jun 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463842577

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CONTENTS

Foreword

About the Author

Published Titles by Anthony Wakefield Hill

Preface

Chapter 1 - The Iniquity of the Rights of Man – The Cause

Chapter 2 - The Infamous Declaration

Chapter 3 - The Result

PART II

Chapter 4 - Escape from Karma: the One and Only Freedom

Forthcoming Titles by Anthony Wakefield Hill

FOREWORD

The significance of relations between the Individual and the Whole cannot be overestimated, in respect of everything from metaphysics to politics, and it has particular relevance today in view of the tensions created by the many individual groups clamouring for independence in an essentially interdependent world; the unity of the Whole is paramount, and everyone is someone’s servant – a thing that needs to be considered by all those independence-craving egoists and nationalistic xenophobes.

The obvious solution to the Catalonian crisis, and many others, is for independence to be achieved within unity – the unity, in this case, of the overall Spanish nation, or overall Spanish government. There is no rational need for outright and complete independence, such an outcome being determined by pure conceit and arrogance, pushing the whole agenda to the point of civil war.

At all costs let there be dialogue, for both the nationalists and the Spanish government are obliged, as civilised citizens, to adopt diplomacy. Of course the Spanish state cannot allow absolute independence in its midst, and the Catalans, if their cause has any justification at all, must have a hearing.

The question of Tibetan independence should also be mentioned, the Dalai Llama himself having recommended that the overall unity of Chinese rule should remain, while the verbal struggle for tolerance and religious freedom should persist; let us hope it proves true that the pen is mightier than the sword.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author is reputed amongst a large section of the public to be the twenty-first century Christian prophet, despite some healthy personal doubt, on his part, that serves to prove his sanity; preferring to be known as a purely human prophet, retaining the name of Anthony Hill, he finds his own salvation, as well as man’s, in the writing of this series of books – the creative ‘stream of consciousness’.

Published Titles by Anthony Wakefield Hill

1. Parsifal’s Journal, Issue I: Being the Life and Concerns of a Modern Prophet

2. The One and the Many: the Basis of Knowledge

3. The Precursor to the Knowledge of Everything, According to the Voice of the Silence

4. Journey to the Centre of the Cosmos: a Brief Summary of the Author’s Works to Date

5. The Sanctity and Profanity of Sexuality, an Exploration of All Aspects of Sexuality

6. A New Religion for a New World, a A Psychological Exposition

7. Professor Anthony’s Casebook: a Damsel in Distress, an Erotic Novel and Philosophical Exegesis

8. Religious and Ethnic Violence: its Origin in Psychological Typology

9. Humorous Anecdotes (by Anthony Wakefield Hill and Alison Hall)

10. Self-Redemption, or The Transformation of Evil

11. Erotic Excerpts: Poems and Prose Poetry by the Author

12. The Real Motives for Scottish And Catalan Independence: The Myth Of Freedom

All the author’s books are to be found under Amazon Books and Lulu, on the Internet, a list of forthcoming titles – written though as yet unpublished – being included at the rear of this volume.

PREFACE

Alex Salmond and other Scots have decided, like naughty little schoolboys, that independence for Scotland would be a wizard wheeze, for no better reason than a romantic attempt to strike a dramatic pose in the world and at the same time score a few points off old