For BOOKING please contact info@skeleton-man.com The Czech poet Franz Kafka (1883-1924) is a product of the perfect storm and a unique combination of personal traits, upbringing and time that made him a sensitive seismograph to the human condition. With his razor sharp pen and hyper-alert consciousness he captured man’s eternal search for himself in the midst of modernity’s breakthrough. While being a hopeless stranger to all and everyone – including himself. Kafka’s Childhood 10 years old Kafka with his sisters Gabriele and Valerie Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 by the Jewish couple ..read more

For BOOKING please contact info@skeleton-man.com “There is but one truly serious philosophical question. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.“ So begins the French-Algerian author Albert Camus (1913-1960) his essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” from 1942. The starting point for his essay is his observation that one feels at home in a universe one can explain, regardless, whether the explanation is true or not. But in a universe one cannot explain one feels lost. This permanent divide between man and his surroundings, the cliff be ..read more

For BOOKING please contact info@skeleton-man.com So encourages Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), an Austrian author-psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor and founder of logotherapy. Logotherapy is a meaning oriented therapy that was put to the ultimate test in Auschwitz where Viktor Frankl found himself stripped to naked existence. In his international bestseller “Man’s Search for Meaning” from 1946 he tells of his experiences in Auschwitz and lays out the basic tenets of logotherapy. Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now. Exper ..read more

For BOOKING please contact info@skeleton-man.com Foreword Søren Kierkegaard lived from 1813-1855. He was a Christian theologian and philosopher and is often referred to as the father of the existential movement. His writings often dwell on the dark sides of life but the keyword for Kierkegaard is joy. He worshipped everyday life even though he was never able to enjoy it himself. He did, however, spend his entire authorship identifying the conditions for living an authentic and joyful life in accordance with oneself and God. In this blog post and in the video below you will find a brief introd ..read more