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- Richard Emerson on Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred
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- Richard Emerson on Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred
- Richard Emerson on Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred
- Ian Glendinning on Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred
Author Archives: Richard Emerson
Sordello’s Poem “Blacatz”, and its echo in The Valley of Princes.
A look at the Sordello’s most famous Provençal Poem “Blacatz” (c. 1240), and how Dante draws inspiration from this poem in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.
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Some highlights from the Aeneid
Here’s a 20 minute Introduction to the “Aeneid Series” on the Ancient World Podcast – with a brief overview and the final battle scenes with Turnus.
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The Aeneid – A Podcast Series
The Flight from Troy, by Federico Barocci. We’ve just finished reading (and recording) the Aeneid by Virgil – and the last episodes will be up from April 1st – April 6th on the subscription podcast! Four episodes covering the second … Continue reading
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Robert Pirsig, and a blended Frame of Mind
We’ve just finished the cult-philosophy-classic novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert Pirsig, an excellent read, and one of the big thoughts standing out afterward is this: that without a larger philosophical, metaphysical or spiritual frame of … Continue reading
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Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred
We’re half way through the cult-philosophy-classic novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert Pirsig now, and it’s a fascinating read, especially through the lens of the brain hemispheres and the work and research of Iain McGilchrist. The … Continue reading
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Vision Quest – Opening the mind and Resistance
Great new video from our friend Seán Eckmann at Mythos & Logos, with deep symbolic wisdom. From a McGilchrist perspective; the fighting with the Great Spirit that gives insight might be an internal struggle of the hemispheres, the LH (left … Continue reading
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The Age of Utopia
What a read. At times a breath-taking experience as the “Age of Utopia” outlines the consequences of the argument that a humanist secular idea of Utopia gradually replaced an inner search for Paradise and a connection to something beyond us, … Continue reading
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A review of the Renaissance
Thank you to Ian Glendinning for a wonderful and generous review of our “Renaissance” book! The Renaissance
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Finishing the Paradiso
..and it left a feeling of only wanting more..
Canto XXXIII
Reading the last canto in Paradiso for the 4th time, it felt bigger than ever. The last Canto of the whole Comedy is likely the biggest masterpiece and genius of them all. But it takes years and years to get … Continue reading
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Tagged breath-taking, comedy, dante, ending, masterpiece, paradiso, pilgrim
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