A column discussing aspects of spirituality, religion, philosophy, history, and literature.
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The girl and the eye
Reading G.R.S. Mead’s Thrice-Greatest Hermes, I came across a small but fascinating detail.
The Hermetic corpus includes a treatise usually translated The Virgin of the World. Even this is not quite accurate, because the Greek korē in this...
Plutarch on the Mysteries
One prevalent view about the ancient Mysteries of Eleusis, Dionysus, and Osiris is that they are rites commemorating and invoking the generative powers of nature, particularly in regard to agriculture.
This view is most famously represente...
Another clay
I’ve always felt a close connection with G.I. Gurdjieff and his teachings.
Thus it’s been a pleasure to read Roger Lipsey’s admirable study Gurdjieff Reconsidered.
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Tortoises all the way down
Speaking of Lucretius and atoms, I interviewed Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics etc. for Quest in 2022. I asked him about an issue that has always bothered me. Atomic particles appear to consist of the motions of smaller particle...
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I'm an author who concentrates on the world's spiritual traditions, including mysticism, occultism, and esotericism. I also write on philosophy, theology, religion, and related subjects.
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