<p><em>&ldquo;If we were to start all over again with &ldquo;Nothingness,&rdquo; sooner or later God would have to appear, popping into existence Himself as His laughter creates His cosmos.&rdquo;</em></p><p><em>The Laughter of God</em> is an extravagant collection of essays, covering everything from the origin of the cosmos <em>ex nihilo</em>, to the planets and metals of Astrology and Alchemy, to the Tree of Life and Tetragrammaton of the Hebrew Kabbalah, to the Tao and the <em>I Ching</em> from China; describing the nature and meaning of God, the solution to the problem of evil, the nature of consciousness, and the future of life on earth.&nbsp;</p><p>John Roland Stahl is a Papermaker, Printer, Bookbinder, Philosopher, and Visionary publishing under the name of The Evanescent Press since 1971 in Montreal.&nbsp; He now lives in northern California.&nbsp;</p><p>Over the years, the Author has become more radical, continuing with abstract metaphysics, but also including essays on social, economic, and political themes amounting to a whole new make-over of the planet.&nbsp; The present volume covers early writings to 2009.&nbsp; <em>More Laughter</em> covers recent articles up to 2018.</p><p>Since the world is rapidly falling apart on all sides, something has to be done, and quickly.&nbsp; Here is a comprehensive collection of suggestions from a radical visionary philosopher.</p>