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- Richard Emerson on Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings
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Category Archives: Theology
Benvenuto da Imola – and Anagogical Readings
After several years of searching for anagogical interpretations of specific passages in Dante’s Divine Comedy in all of the Anglo-American scholarship, and in the more recent Italian scholarship (the last few centuries), we have finally found an illuminating source: Benvenuto … Continue reading
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Tagged anagogical reading, benvenuto da imola, Heavens, imola, perception, reality, recovery, restoration, soul, treasures
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The Soul as Reflecting Divine Light
A new relationship between the soul and the Divine, as we enter the Garden of Eden. After the combined experience of Heavenly and Earthly is to some extent established in the Garden Eden – as grounded in the Earthly but … 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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History and the Idea of Progress
A Thought of the Day: We’re currently reading through the third volume of John Strickland’s history epic “From Paradise to Utopia“, outlining a somewhat different perspective on the changes and forces shaping the centuries from the Italian Humanism towards the … Continue reading
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Language for the Sacred, and the ineffable Beyond.
Here’s an interesting phrasing of “that which lies beyond” rationality and science, and the linguistic grasp of the left hemisphere, with still a rational vocabulary: Without necessarily invoking “god” as a supernatural being, it seems fine to recognise an ineffable … Continue reading
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The theology of St. Aquinas (and Dante) – and Being
Excellent summary of some of the basics of the theology that underlies so much of St. Thomas Aquinas’ work – and in many ways the over-arching idea and representation of Divinity in Dante’s Divine Comedy. A crucial introduction for understanding … Continue reading
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The richness of the Tradition – and Mysticism
Happy to see Mark Vernon launching a new course based on his previous book – which outlines a broader canvas of history and theology in the old Tradition. The argument for reviving the mystics might also be largely congruent with … 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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