Mythology and Sacred History in C S Lewis, J R R Tolkien, Joseph Cambpell, and Rene Guenon. Continue reading
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Scientific and Political Myths
When Mahatma Gandhi was asked, “What do you think of European civilization?” he famously replied: “I think it would be a good idea and they should try it.” The proper response to Gandhi should be: “They did try it, but gave it up.” Continue reading
Dante’s Empyrean
There is nothing to know. One can only be it; that is to know it. Continue reading
Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind
Facts become valuable only in so far as they enable us to enter more fully into the consciousness of our ancestors by realising how such a universe must have affected those who believed in it. The recipe for such realisation is not the study of books. You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old cosmology. ~ C S Lewis Continue reading
An Old Model of the Universe
To understand the Whole, it is necessary to account for all phenomena. Continue reading