Why this Blog?

For last few years I’ve been very much interested what truth there might be in what many prefer to discredit or ignore as ‘conspiracy’ theories or heresy. The quest actually goes back to the 1970s when I began to question so many teachings of the Church. Three decades later, with a Ph.D. in theology, I gave up on that part of the quest! Since the dawn of the new millennium my interest has been somewhat more mundane though with an extraterrestrial component, more secular though with a spiritual component. Oddly enough, what I’ve just said is dipolar (the combination of opposites) – the topic of my doctoral thesis. The purpose of this blog is to share my insights, discoveries, and concerns about the known and unknown universe, with particular focus on the ‘weird shit going down’ here on planet earth. Much of this is well summarised in the recently released movie documentary THRIVE. I highly recommend you watch this and then join the dialogue here on this ‘Thrive New Zealand’ blog.

- Mark Brimblecombe (Whanganui, New Zealand)