The Gnostic Hates the Structure
Part VI of an Analysis of Eric Voegelin's Six Gnostic Traits (Part I, of Two Parts)
Keep Sweet and Have Sex
Like those renegade Mormons, we all put things on the shelf when they don't fit into our system.
The Gnostic is Never Satisfied
Part I of an Analysis of Eric Voegelin's Six Gnostic Traits
When the World First Started to be Aware of Transcendence
Ten of History's Greatest Seers All Lived Around the Same Time
Why the Marxist Kicks You in the Groin
The objection to a Communist always resolves itself into the fact that he is not a gentleman. It is not possible to engage in controversy with him as one engages in controversy with other men. He invariably hits below the belt if he can; indeed, his resentment is not so
Mystical Sex, Theft, and Violence
One of the most perplexing groups in medieval history got strong in the 1300s.
Why Francis Bacon is Properly Considered a Founding Father of Modernity
It’s no wonder the poet William Blake wrote of Bacon’s essays, “Good advice for Satan’s Kingdom.”
Introducing Eric Voegelin
The Metaxy: A Primer
Christianity says life is hard because of Original Sin.
Eric Voegelin would say it's hard because we live in the metaxy.
METAXY: The permanent in-between structure of existence. Sometimes referred to as the between or in-between, meaning that humans live in a structure of reality that is between
Top Ten Mystics of the 14th Century
They were the rock stars of late medieval Europe