The new movie telling of the Odyssey epic is Nolan’s epic telling. The opening title reads: “A time of apparent magic”, which is a clear signal. But the original tale asks more: who are we, not merely, how should we behave? New post at my Substack, A Golden String.
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Art and the Sacred Today. A Dialogue between Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
Does art need to have a sacred dimension to be art at all? What are the sources of inspiration? In this dialogue, which is the 102nd in our series, Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon, explore how meaning and beauty, truth and connection might be manifested in the arts. What is the role of reverence and… Continue reading Art and the Sacred Today. A Dialogue between Rupert Sheldrake and Mark Vernon
In Search of Lost Gods. Tales of Greek sexual cheating and election by democratic lot
Mary Beard has begun a new series of BBC radio programmes. In each episode of Being Greek, the Cambridge historian examines a character from ancient Athens or the city-state’s environs with the aim of glimpsing the lives of ordinary folk, not the elite. Beard is an excellent broadcaster, leading the listener along paths littered with… Continue reading In Search of Lost Gods. Tales of Greek sexual cheating and election by democratic lot
Anteros: the forgotten brother of love
Last weekend I was at St Giles House, Dorset, with the Realisation Festival, of which I am a director. The beautiful country house is the home of the Earls of Shaftesbury, one of the which, the 7th Earl, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, is remembered as a remarkable Victorian social reformer.When he died, it is said that half… Continue reading Anteros: the forgotten brother of love
The Art of Dialogue. What would Plato say?
New post at my Substack, A Golden String, found here!
“Give therefore no thought for the morrow.”
My Thought For The Day, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Friday 12 June, available on my Substack, A Golden String.
Magnifica Humanitas In Temporibus Anxietatis
The Pope knows anthropology is key to contemporary troubles because Christianity redefined what it means to be human. The imagination available to embrace contemporary troubles, particularly when they are threaded with fatalism and declinism, rests much on the richness, or paucity, of the vision held about what it is to be human. New essay at… Continue reading Magnifica Humanitas In Temporibus Anxietatis
Under The Radar Mystics
Last week, I wrote about Carl Jung and the prayer that turns to what is not known, not felt, not understood but is loved. This article is based on the transcript of a discussion I had with Tim Nash from the Nomad podcast, published as Silence and the Search for God. Tim from Nomad PodcastMark,… Continue reading Under The Radar Mystics
The awakening to Eternal Life! Reading Blake’s Jerusalem
How to read William Blake’s “Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion.” Brilliant to talk with Susanne Sklar about this great, epic poem.
Carl Jung’s Penultimate Concerns
Jung was asked about God and said, he knew. But what did he know and why might that much matter? New essay at my Substack, A Golden String.