The Musing Ox

The Metaphysics of Story

This page is your portal to everything storytelling… eventually! It’s a work in progress. (There are 7 years of research I’m going to bring to the site so it’s going to take a minute.)

If you want to see the discussion of Individual human nature and their then jump to the section on Individual nature.

Individual Nature

If you want to see the discussion of human nature within a groups and societies then jump to the section on our Societal nature.

Societal Nature

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  • The Map of Storytelling
    Hello Everyone, I have not been mostly much as I have once again found myself updating and refining my ideas, but I have been on another journey of discovery and returned with a few new diagrams! The first that I want to present is what I am calling the map of storytelling. It links together… Read more: The Map of Storytelling
  • Glossary of Terms
    This is an organized glossary of terms for the Metaphysics of Story. General Storytelling – The presentation characters (and societies) pursuing happiness within a given reality, especially as those pursuits form the basis of a conversation about morality and the pursuit of happiness.  Morality – The criteria we hold about what makes a person deserving of happiness. Happiness – The way we describe a desirable mix of personal sensations. … Read more: Glossary of Terms
  • How the Atonement Might Work : Part 1
    Traditionally, we look at the gospel and the principles through an almost mystic lens. This is how I used to look at the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well, but through my studies I have found that a vast majority of the principles of the gospel make sense on a fundamentally human level. There are… Read more: How the Atonement Might Work : Part 1
  • Three Types of Gratitude through Trials
    In this post I want to talk about gratitude in the face of trials. And I want to start this off in maybe an untraditional way, because nothing feels worse than having someone who has sailed through life lecture you about gratitude or perseverance. Obviously, we are not usually the best judges of this kind… Read more: Three Types of Gratitude through Trials
  • The Two Great Commandments
    In the 22th Chapter of Matthew there is an interesting story where a lawyer of the Jewish law asked Jesus Christ a question. The lawyer, while partaking in a religious interrogation of Jesus, seemed to have good intent in asking the question he did. What did he ask? Master, which is the great commandment in the law?… Read more: The Two Great Commandments