Top Ten Mystics of the 14th Century
They were the rock stars of late medieval Europe
Religion
You See What You Are
"[E]ach man judges others by his own state, that is, by what he is himself--in virtues or sins." Symeon the New Theologian.
Many thinkers, such as Marcus Aurelius, made this same observation.
The Amazon link takes you to an excellent book about Symeon. Like all books in
How to Break on Through to the Other Side
The Doors released their first single in 1967: “Break on Through (to the Other Side),” a tribute of sorts to Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception.
Huxley had been trying to break on through to the other side for years. He put together a splendid book in the 1940s
Why Do Dudes in Vegas Look Like That?
Exploring the Vegas Bod
When you think “Vegas body,” you probably think “sultry,” “skanky,” “sensual,” or “slinky”: what the showgirl looks like off-hours, like when a high school friend and I went to the Windsor Ballet 35 years ago and I swore that that woman walking in the mall the
Diabolical Ontological Monism
The best description I've found about the historical, practical, and logical hell that is ontological monism is provided by Warren Carroll, The Founding of Christendom (Christendom Press, 1985).
In the first chapter, he writes about the Harappan civilization: its doctrine of reincarnation, cult of Thug stranglers, horned gods,
Diagnosing James Martin Way Ahead of Time
Okay, I'm no seer, but I was pleased with myself when I found these notes from 2009 that I wrote after reading James Martin's My Life with the Saints:
"I wasn't bowled over by the book, and Fr. Martin is, I fear, a
Who is This Ennui Guy Anyway?
Any why is he such a dick?
Reinhard Kuhn (the author of The Demon of Noontide: Ennui in Western Literature) defined ennui as “the state of emptiness that the soul feels when it is deprived of interest in action, life, and the world (be it this world or another), a
How to Live Like a Zen Master
Lessons from spiritual adepts from various traditions tell us the same thing: Cultivate the eyes of a child
Satanism is on the Rise
And he's not talking about BLM, transgenderism, that pitiful Vanderbilt
place-kicker stunt, and couples wedding showers. He's talking about actual
Satanic activity.
Scary stuff at National Catholic Register this morning
[https://www.ncregister.com/interview/longtime-exorcist-satanism-is-growing-in-western-societies]
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"Satanism is now a reality for many young people,
I Don't Love the Nightlife and I Don't Got to Boogie (Published in 2020)
But I miss the bars: An Ode During COVID
"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." Samuel Johnson
Like Samuel Johnson and Alicia Bridges (see title), I like a good bar.