Frank Luger

This is a 1-act pseudoplay (meant to be read, not seen on stage or screen) about major philosophical arguments for and against the existence of God. The setting is the house of the Philosopher, where a dozen old friends, representing various professions, gather for a meeting. But, another friend, the beloved Teacher, is missing; he is in hospital due to a serious, perhaps fatal accident. While the friends anxiously await news of him they decide to debate the problem of God in order to better appreciate his saintly character. The neutral Philosopher chairs and arbitrates the debate which soon deteriorates into faction fights and insults. In the middle of a brawl a layman gets involved, but refuses to take sides. This aggravates the situation to the point of a clash, at the crescendo of which the Teacher appears in a quasi- 'deus ex machina' fashion and provides resolutions of the dilemmas by moral beacons and glimmers of hope for the future. This work was written in 1985, published in 2007; revised in 2018.

Weltwesen (German, lit. "world-essence") is a pilot study that followed the method of Euclid's "Elements", using 36 Definitions, a single Axiom, 3 Postulates and their substantiation with analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, and some representative literature from philosophy, logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and psychology in order to examine the nature, structure, function, and relevance of the Absolute beyond the 'limits' of the Universe. This interdisciplinary approach resulted in the conclusion that Ultimate Reality is the Absolute, which is the 'source and sink' of all Apparent or Virtual Reality. Having met the required criteria, this tentative theory may be called:"Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute".

Bedeutungen (German, lit. "Meanings") is a science-fiction novel of a cosmic voyage in two volumes, actually reaching the Absolute and then visiting most religions with critical perspectives and showing that the key to the future is scientific-moral education and peaceful evolution into the Cosmic Age via successful globalization. The first volume develops a consistent world view, reaching Ultimate Reality by induction and then deriving Man's world of the Relative from the world of the Absolute by deduction. Both methods of inquiry yield the same result, suggesting subjective as well as objective truth. Once we know the Absolute, then there is no further existential mystery or anxiety or quest and we can settle down to Life in chosen childlike innocence, serene tranquility, and true cosmic dignity. The voyage concludes with an unexpected but ultimately normal catharsis and a cautiously optimistic resolution.

Weltwesen (German, lit. "world-essence") is a pilot study that followed the method of Euclid's "Elements", using 36 Definitions, a single Axiom, 3 Postulates and their substantiation with analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, and some representative literature from philosophy, logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and psychology in order to examine the nature, structure, function, and relevance of the Absolute beyond the 'limits' of the Universe. This interdisciplinary approach resulted in the conclusion that Ultimate Reality is the Absolute, which is the 'source and sink' of all Apparent or Virtual Reality. Having met the required criteria, this tentative theory may be called: "Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute".

Dr. Dross embarks on `adventures' to champion Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. His work generates popularity as well as hostility. Despite all that he emerges as a strong, even charismatic leader. He is appointed special advisor to the United Nations. He negotiates a deal between Israel and Iran; and obtains a semi-permanent cease-fire in the Middle-East. Then he arranges the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Republic of Israel becomes a constitutional monarchy, and Dr. Mir is nominated King of Israel. He repeatedly declines, but finally yields to tremendous public pressure. As the Temple is completed, he is put on a white donkey and led through the newly opened Golden Gate to be anointed and crowned. He requests a young Arab girl, so that innocence crowns the king. He opens the Temple as the House of Prayer for all nations. Then he travels to Rome declaring that Christianity is dissolved. He speaks at the United Nations of Earth. His heart fails and he passes away with a dignified, serene smile.

Dr. Dross embarks on `adventures' to champion Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. His work generates popularity as well as hostility. Despite all that he emerges as a strong, even charismatic leader. He is appointed special advisor to the United Nations. He negotiates a deal between Israel and Iran; and obtains a semi-permanent cease-fire in the Middle-East. Then he arranges the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Republic of Israel becomes a constitutional monarchy, and Dr. Mir is nominated King of Israel. He repeatedly declines, but finally yields to tremendous public pressure. As the Temple is completed, he is put on a white donkey and led through the newly opened Golden Gate to be anointed and crowned. He requests a young Arab girl, so that innocence crowns the king. He opens the Temple as the House of Prayer for all nations. Then he travels to Rome declaring that Christianity is dissolved. He speaks at the United Nations of Earth. His heart fails and he passes away with a dignified, serene smile.

"Blumenstand" (German for Flowers-stand") is an almost comprehensive collection of the Author's nonscientific essays and miscellaneous writings covering a period of more than thirty-five years. The articles touch upon a great variety of both academic and non-academic topics from anthropology to sociology, from psychology to philosophy, from history to music, from literature to politics and political science, from religion to morality, from chess- playing to dart-playing, from horseracing and travel to whisky-distilling, etc. For the sake of levity, even some jokes and humorous anecdotes are included. However, there is no unifying theme as such, and neither the collection nor its presentation has any particular sequence or structure. The book is richly illustrated, as per topic relevance. It is sincerely hoped that this modest anthology will serve both informative and entertaining purposes. This is a recently completed original literary work, first published in December 2007. and re-published in July 2019.

"Lebenswert" is 3 books in one; the already published and available "Weltwesen", "Weltheil", and "Judenwelt". The first book examined what's beyond the limits of the Universe, and discussed the nature, structure, function, and relevance of the Absolute. The second book is concerned with the human relevance of the Absolute, and that is cosmic morality, various optimal function 'mechanisms' under the common term optimal efficiency. Morality is discussed as a subset of Absolute Ethics, via cosmodynamics, the modus operandi of the Absolute. The third book is specifically concerned with the Jewish relevance of the Absolute, and it is suggested that Jews may still fulfill their original mission of becoming light unto the nations and serving God by teaching ethical monotheism and righteousness. With such assistance, Man can grow into Cosmic Man, attain moral maturity, and enter the Cosmic Era in peace and harmony with Nature.

"Lebenswert" is 3 books in one; the already published and available "Weltwesen", "Weltheil", and "Judenwelt". The first book examined what's beyond the limits of the Universe, and discussed the nature, structure, function, and relevance of the Absolute. The second book is concerned with the human relevance of the Absolute, and that is cosmic morality, various optimal function 'mechanisms' under the common term optimal efficiency. Morality is discussed as a subset of Absolute Ethics, via cosmodynamics, the modus operandi of the Absolute. The third book is specifically concerned with the Jewish relevance of the Absolute, and it is suggested that Jews may still fulfill their original mission of becoming light unto the nations and serving God by teaching ethical monotheism and righteousness. With such assistance, Man can grow into Cosmic Man, attain moral maturity, and enter the Cosmic Era in peace and harmony with Nature.

Bedeutungen (German, lit. "Meanings") is a science-fiction novel of a cosmic voyage in two volumes, actually reaching the Absolute and then visiting most religions with critical perspectives and showing that the key to the future is scientific-moral education and peaceful evolution into the Cosmic Age via successful globalization. The first volume develops a consistent world view, reaching Ultimate Reality by induction and then deriving Man's world of the Relative from the world of the Absolute by deduction. Both methods of inquiry yield the same result, suggesting subjective as well as objective truth. Once we know the Absolute, then there is no further existential mystery or anxiety or quest and we can settle down to Life in chosen childlike innocence, serene tranquillity, and true cosmic dignity. The voyage concludes with an unexpected but ultimately normal catharsis and a cautiously optimistic resolution.

"Erwartungen"("Expectations")looks at the future using the star-ship Helios, commanded by Captain Genie Eos, in order to evaluate the expected evolution of Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. The time-travel will be spiced with some humorous dialogues and sexy episodes, and major points of Mirism will be explained, depending on specific details. This final volume of the science-fiction trilogy is mostly concerned with the expectations, projections, and wishful thinking of a slowly dying man, Dr. Mir, both in the present and in the future. He is accompanied by his ever-faithful Genie, his beautiful (android) Swedish nurse, and ravishingly attractive Arab doctor, Halima Albari' whom he marries, and they have a son. She and Genie saved his life repeatedly, helped him to attain maximum possible contentment; but ultimately, they could not prolong his life. After he passed away, he was secretly cremated and his ashes were scattered in the gardens of the hospital where he was born.

"Erwartungen"("Expectations")looks at the future using the star-ship Helios, commanded by Captain Genie Eos, in order to evaluate the expected evolution of Mirism, the ideology of Cosmic Man. The time-travel will be spiced with some humorous dialogues and sexy episodes, and major points of Mirism will be explained, depending on specific details. This final volume of the science-fiction trilogy is mostly concerned with the expectations, projections, and wishful thinking of a slowly dying man, Dr. Mir, both in the present and in the future. He is accompanied by his ever-faithful Genie, his beautiful (android) Swedish nurse, and ravishingly attractive Arab doctor, Halima Albari' whom he marries, and they have a son. She and Genie saved his life repeatedly, helped him to attain maximum possible contentment; but ultimately, they could not prolong his life. After he passed away, he was secretly cremated and his ashes were scattered in the gardens of the hospital where he was born.

The first volume glances at conscientious behaviour falsified by the deceptive Nyxie, `temptress' of short-term gratifications throughout the life of the main `actor', Dr. Dross narrated from the subjective point of view, when good but passive, conscience is easily suppressed. The story unfolds in the first person, until a near-fatal existential depression, before Genie, his real protagonist, intervenes, and suppresses Nyxie, his real antagonist. The second volume, looks at conscientious behaviour under the pressures of expediency in an idealized version of the main events, from the intervention of Genie onward when active conscience turns a loser into a winner. The story moves out of personal contexts and gradually includes other `actors' beside the main protagonists, now Dr. Mir and his Genie. The question is to what extent is conscientious psychology private, as contrasted with collective or public behaviour. The question of whether there are any rules or laws of conscientious behaviour is dealt with.

The first volume glances at conscientious behaviour falsified by the deceptive Nyxie, `temptress' of short-term gratifications throughout the life of the main `actor', Dr. Dross narrated from the subjective point of view, when good but passive, conscience is easily suppressed. The story unfolds in the first person, until a near-fatal existential depression, before Genie, his real protagonist, intervenes, and suppresses Nyxie, his real antagonist. The second volume, looks at conscientious behaviour under the pressures of expediency in an idealized version of the main events, from the intervention of Genie onward when active conscience turns a loser into a winner. The story moves out of personal contexts and gradually includes other `actors' beside the main protagonists, now Dr. Mir and his Genie. The question is to what extent is conscientious psychology private, as contrasted with collective or public behaviour. The question of whether there are any rules or laws of conscientious behaviour is dealt with.

"Bilderfarben" (German, lit. "Picturescolors") is three science-fiction novels in one volume. The first book starts with Dr. Dross at the point of suicide, when a mysterious woman, Genie, Captain of a starship, takes him on a cosmic voyage to the limits of the Universe. Then they visit the origins of most religions, devoid of all myths and legends, using time-travel. An ideology, Mirism is proposed, so that Man may peacefully evolve into the Cosmic Era. The second book continues with turning theory into practice, and establish Mirism as a reliable and valid guide with which to resolve conflicts, create a world government, etc. The third book takes a look, using time-travel, at the future to see the Mirist evolution of Mankind into the Cosmic Era. Dr. Dross, now Dr. Mir marries his young Arab doctor, and they have a son. The stories in all three volumes are interspersed with many humorous dialogues and sexy adventures. Dr. Mir dies, and his ashes are scattered in the garden of the hospital where he was born.

Following the method of Euclid's "Elements", 36 Definitions, a single Axiom, and 3 Postulates are introduced. The single Axiom can be obtained from 3 fundamental categories of existence, stated in current Physics. The combination of these categories yields a fundamental substance and a single Axiom. The Absolute is physical substance whose nature, structure, function and relevance are examined and substantiated by philosophical means and relevant scientific and other literature. Man is but an energy-dissipating 'machine' whose natural morality has long been corrupted by cultural evolution, the worst byproduct of which has been Evil. The absurdity of Evil is evident from the cruel lessons of History. Man's future is the colonization of outer space, but Man must not export Evil and contaminate the Cosmos thereby. Man ought to mature into Cosmic Man and advance into the Cosmic Era by returning to childlike innocence in harmony with Nature.

This is the companion-volume to "Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute". The human relevance of the Absolute is Ethics, which is manifest by cosmic morality via cosmodynamics, the modus operandi of the Absolute. Human morality ought to mirror cosmic morality, for optimal alignment with the Absolute, for which a new set of guidelines, the Thirty Commandments were introduced together with the basic propositions of a new ideology, called Mirism (from the Russian "Mir", meaning both "world" and "peace"). It was suggested that the solution to the external problems of Mankind is progressive colonization of outer space (with the strict proviso of not exporting our Evil and contaminating the Cosmos thereby), while the internal solution is moral maturation. Once maturation will have reached the level of integrity, then Mankind will have earned evolution into the next phase, the Cosmic Era.

This is the companion volume to "Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute". The human relevance of the Absolute is Ethics, which is manifest by cosmic morality via cosmodynamics, the modus operandi of the Absolute. Human morality ought to mirror cosmic morality, for optimal alignment with the Absolute, for which a new set of guidelines, the Thirty Commandments were introduced together with the basic propositions of a new ideology, called Mirism (from the Russian "Mir", meaning both "world" and "peace"). It was suggested that the solution to the external problems of Mankind is progressive colonization of outer space (with the strict proviso of not exporting our Evil and contaminating the Cosmos thereby), while the internal solution is moral maturation. Once maturation will have reached the level of integrity, then Mankind will have earned evolution into the next phase, the Cosmic Era.

This pilot study (same as "Weltwesen") followed the method of Euclid's "Elements", using 36 Definitions, one single Axiom, 3 Postulates, and their substantiation with analysis-synthesis, induction-deduction, and some representative literature from philosophy, logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and psychology in order to discuss the nature, structure, function, and human as well as nonhuman relevance of the Absolute beyond the 'limits' of the Universe. This interdisciplinary approach resulted in the conclusion that Ultimate Reality is the Absolute, which is the 'source and sink' of all Apparent or Virtual Reality. Having met the required criteria, this tentative theory may be called: "Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute".

This is the companion volume to "Absolute Relativity and the Relativity of the Absolute". The human relevance of the Absolute is Ethics, which is manifest by cosmic morality via cosmodynamics, the modus operandi of the Absolute. Human morality ought to mirror cosmic morality, for optimal alignment with the Absolute, for which a new set of guidelines, the Thirty Commandments were introduced together with the basic propositions of a new ideology, called Mirism (from the Russian "Mir", meaning both "world" and "peace"). It was suggested that the solution to the external problems of Mankind is progressive colonization of outer space (with the strict proviso of not exporting our Evil and contaminating the Cosmos thereby), while the internal solution is moral maturation. Once maturation will have reached the level of integrity, then Mankind will have earned evolution into the next phase, the Cosmic Era.