Jordan Peterson has repeatedly stressed the fact that we should set our own house in order before criticizing the world. To effect any kind of positive change, you have to start small and build your competence up the hierarchy. The world is an extremely complex...
In his book The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss, Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart explains very elegantly the relationship between Being and Intelligibility. Hart relies on philosophical argumentation as well as a multiplicity of traditions that...
In my last post, I brought up the idea that the Logos can act through our intellects. When we meditate on the Incarnation for example, we are shaped by it, and this will in turn shape the world through our actions. In this post, I want to use this idea to make a case...
In a video on the story of the prophet Jonah, Jonathan mentioned that when we pray, we connect to God through memory: The relationship between the margin and the center, between the low place and the high place, is memory. If you remember God, if you remember the...
If you’ve been following symbolism for a while, you’ve probably heard of René Guénon. While problematic in several respects, Guénon was extremely insightful and he also had the merit of being extremely straightforward. He did not hold back. Perhaps his most remarkable...
