<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Notes from the shadow — Raymond Meyes</title><description>Notes from the author. Occasional reflections on power, manipulation, wisdom, and the human mechanisms under pressure that run through the novels.</description><link>https://raymondmeyes.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Why Solomon, why now?</title><link>https://raymondmeyes.com/journal/why-solomon-why-now/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://raymondmeyes.com/journal/why-solomon-why-now/</guid><description>Why the figure of King Solomon, three thousand years later, remains the most precise lens for understanding what plays out in our contemporary decisions, our technical systems, our human crises.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>wisdom</category><category>solomon</category><category>notes</category></item></channel></rss>