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The nature of Abundance, and Rebirth.
At the end of Chapter one in Dante’s Purgatory, Virgil picks up a reed at the shores – a symbol of Humility – and girds the waist of the pilgrim as Cato had instructed them. Then comes one of the … Continue reading
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A Brief Review of “The Matter with Things”
Here is a quick review and rating of McGilchrist’s new book “The Matter with Things”, on GoodReads: The Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist My rating: 5 of 5 stars … Continue reading
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The Sacred, and “The Matter with Things”
A brief reflection on the last two chapters of “The Matter with Things”: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sacred-and-with-61530792
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McGilchrist on the Sacred, and Intellectual Humility
In his newest masterpiece “The Matter with Things”, McGilchrist writes about the approach to the apprehension of something transcendent, or Divine: “What the term ‘G-d’ requires of us is not a set of propositions about what cannot be known, but … Continue reading
Jason and the Argonauts
Great new episode from Adam Bishop on the Unlimited Opinions Podcast:
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Re-discovering the First Millennium
This is another great conversation – an Orthodox Icon Carver and a Protestant Pastor in North America, discussing how the Internet is creating new forms of ecumenical dynamics and growth, and re-discovery of the old Greek Church Founders:
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Schism, Dante, and the history of the last two millennia
A great conversation between historian Fr. John Strickland, and Sam Adams of the “Transfigured” Youtube Channel.
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For better waters now..
The beautiful opening of Purgatory: For better waters, now, the little bark of my poetic powers hoists its sails, and leaves behind chat cruelest of the seas. And I shall sing about that second realm where man’s soul goes to … Continue reading
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Ainulindalë – The Creation Story
We’ve just finished the Creation Myth of Tolkien and will make a podcast episode shortly! It ties wonderfully in with several aspects of Paradiso in the Divine Comedy, the opening of the Biblical Stories, Greek Mythology, Aristotelian metaphysics, and some … Continue reading
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Silmarillion
Reading up on the creation stories and mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien – and aiming for a few more episodes with Adam Bishop of the Unlimited Opinions!
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Good Morning!
Happy New Year – and time for some more dives into the World of Dante and the Renaissance 😊☕️
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Morning Dante Reflections
We’ve started a new concept today – reflections on the Divine Comedy, with one tercet from anywhere in the whole Journey. Today, from the opening of Purgatory 10: https://dantescomedy.com/morning-dante-reflection And we’ve made a new page for resources for the Divine … Continue reading
How the Change starts, in Purgatory 9.
Two things were standing out reading Purgatory 9 this time – one is how the beginning of the change happens through the dream of the Eagle and of being unified with the Divine. In some ways meaning that it is … Continue reading