-
Recovering Sight
A final reflective essay This is an essay I wrote for my Mysticism: East and West course. It’s essentially a final exam. I spent a lot of time on it and thought it’d be good to share as an example of reorientation: moving beyond pure reason and abstraction, and taking steps toward re-enchantment. Praxis is…
-
Against Utility
Seeking the heart amidst revival “And I shall give you a new heart and establish a new spirit in you and remove the heart made of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I shall establish my spirit in you, and I shall work so that you walk in my…
-
The Way is the Word
Recovering the lost memory of God and eyes to see Him I’ve been writing weekly essays on theories of religion and, more recently, mystical texts for about a year now. What follows is part formal summary, part exploration. I’ll indicate when the shift occurs. While the summary specifically looks at the comparisons and contrasts between…
-
If A, Then A
Law of Forgiveness “For if ye forgive men their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if ye forgive not men their transgressions, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions” (The Gospel According to St. Matthew 6:14-15). The Sermon on the Mount changed my life. Nothing compares. While Pentecost restored what was broken…
-
A is A
Laws of Thought I haven’t been keeping up with posts recently, and I’m trying to amend that before my son is born (when I’m sure things will get backlogged again). I’ve been busy travelling to Boston, writing midterm essays, and dealing with a variety of illnesses. Now, trying to keep my sanity while studying religion…
-
Untitled: F Diminished
Clearing My Throat “Quite honestly, they seem to have been quite a different breed of men. In those days people seem to have been animated by one idea, but now they are much more nervous, more developed, more sensitive – they seem to be animated by two or three ideas at a time – modern…
-
The Flat Earth is Not What We Think
On Conspiracies, Cosmology, and the Cross “Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord, Lord my God, as you were very great. You wore thanksgiving and dignity, Throwing off light as a garment, stretching the heavens as a cloak; The one who covers his upper parts with waters, The one who places clouds as his…
-
Under the Paschal Light pt. iii
The Light, Calling from the Dark Part i Part ii Liturgy brings people together where each participates in a mutual self-offering, every joy and sorrow of the week recapitulated in the eternal self-giving of Christ, caught up in His Cross and Resurrection—eros and agape—glorifying Him glorified, and partaking of His glory by the Mysteries of…
-
Under the Paschal Light pt. ii
The Anti-Liturgy of Pessimism Last week we looked at philosophical pessimism in the West and how its assumptions infiltrate and shape the social imaginary, a term used by philosopher Charles Taylor to describe deep-seated intuitions of a people embedded within their culture. While philosophical pessimism remains a niche worldview, its presuppositions have broadly permeated the…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Witness, NM 