Mountains in the Classical Tradition was a research project based at St. Andrews University from 2017 to 2023. It incorporated a blog which considered, among other cultural topics, ' William Golding…

Currently reading Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck on Indonesia’s independence, and I love it. Among many things, I’ve learned, for example, that the Dutch once held a lucrative monopoly on nutmeg,…

These days the fable of the frog in the well is constantly in my mind. "In a certain well, there lived a frog that had dwelt at the bottom for many years. Around it were only tiny creatures — small…

Nobody planned it exactly. The Roman Forum started out as a low boggy spot between the Seven Hills that would serve as a market once they dug a ditch to drain it. That ditch became a vaulted sewer,…

and God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth (genesis 9:1) blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly (psalm 1:1) a…

Last week marked 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown. PBS Newshour sent a couple of reporters into the exclusion zone for an update on the site, including a look at the drone damage done by…

A collection of quotes from Chapter Two: Activating The Genuine of “The Essential Huainanzi” by Liu An. In a dream we become a bird and fly into the sky. In a dream we become a fish and disappear…

Chers lecteurs, As I get older, it appears to me that when it comes to doctrine, many favor compassion over conscience. What do I mean? Compassion is comprised of com (with or together) and pati (to…

Introduction Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty is generally remembered in popular history as a comically tragic (or tragically comic) figure: the emperor who disappeared into a fantasy world of…

New essay by Robert North revisits the hypothesis that Bede in AD 610 modelled his story of Cædmon on that of Muhammad The post Was Bede inspired by stories about Muhammad? appeared first on Medieval…

Gustave Thibon, in the intro to Gravity and Grace by Simone Weil. I’m assuming the quotes are Simone 1 , and have italicized them. Creation reflects God by its beauty and harmony, but, through the…

This weeks poetry news round up takes a look at two important discoveries of literary significance. Seventh-century Poem Found in Rome Library A 1,200-year-old lost copy of a manuscript of Caedmon’s…

The Great Pyramid and a hyperscale datacenter are structurally identical bets — concentrated short-term cost justified across a longer horizon.

Have any of you wondered why island is not pronounced is-land?

In an era of rigid hierarchies, Odano is said to have made the comment “all humans are equal when their bodies are dissected”.

A reading of András Lányi’s essay “Flight from the Camp of the Victors”, focusing on ecological politics, coercion, goodwill, the fragility of decentralization, and whether modern democracies are a…

The Island That Isn't There Anymore Back in August I wrote about how a sign I saw on a run sent me down a rabbit hole of local history. I warned you there might be more to come. Well, here we are. If…

This series of articles chronicles the history, both real and pseudo, behind Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned. It is possible to trace the Plantard family tree a fair ways…

‘70s shots from the Brotherhood of the Spirit commune / Renaissance Community in Western Massachusetts. The self-described “most successful commune in the United States” had hundreds of members, at…

Here are 12 biblical marks that mean the Holy Spirit is present in a man and a woman’s connection with each other.  1. A Joyful Obedience to God’s Word Is a Mark of the Holy Spirit in a Relationship…

“Beyond the north wind lies a land where the sun shines twenty-four hours a day, and happy people live for a thousand years.”— Ancient Greek tradition on Hyperborea Introduction: At the…

In my last post on ChatGPT, I wrote about ChatGPT's love for 'gremlins': I would like to finish off with some random comments that I couldn't quite fit elsewhere. One is that most of the "ChatGPT"…

There is a moment, if one stays with practice long enough, when something unsettling becomes obvious: What is being learned is not coming through the words. The posture may be described. The…

Unless you are living in an alternate reality you have certainly been exposed to the de Coubertin myth, a myth created by himself, peddled by a bunch of sycophants and sanctified by the multinational…

Report of a workshop on 'Doing History - Doing Law' facilitated by Shahrukh Alam at The Community Library Project, Delhi, on the 10th of April 2026.

In the Daf Yomi cycle, the last two tractates focussed on the laws of sacrifices. After a total of 230 double-sided pages we arrive at the last Mishnah on the topic (at least for now). It contains…

Vainglory, Envy, Pride and Creating a Rule of Life

At a certain point, the direction seems clear. You are looking for something. It may be called different things: Enlightenment. Mokṣa. Self-realization. Or something simpler: Relief. Clarity. An end…

Orginal post: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Heinrich Oberem , weaver and retailer, son of Johann Wilhelm and Catharina (Müsch) Oberem, was born in Ratingen 24 January 1829 1 and died in Bocholt 28…

After the great fire of 1906 destroyed 80% of San Francisco, the city rebuilt rapidly and in grand style. Banks, business and government buildings, many in the neo-classical architecture, were…

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Something has quietly shifted in childhood. A generation ago, children moved freely between indoors and out. They knew the name of the tree in the street. They watched monsoons arrive and felt the…

What it actually looks like to cross from symbol-world into atoms-world, brick a board in the process, and spend the day at a Latin Mass written in 1975.

lingthusiasm:What do you do when the only records that remain of a language were made by someone who had absolutely horrendous views of the people who spoke it?In this episode, your host Lauren Gawne…

Here is a slightly edited text of the conversation I had this afternoon on ChatGPT that began with a question about comparing how Hayek and Dworkin understand the legal meaning of discretion. 3:54 PM…

An Economic History of the Twenty-First CenturyWhat do I want to say about this? It is what it says on the can. I read this on the advice of a vibecoded website that aggregated all of the book…

Here are two short pieces about political violence and sexual violence. The first I wrote yesterday as a social media post that I've revised and improved here. The second is an excerpt from my…

Here are 5 signs a Christian woman really loves you. Also, please note that these signs don’t guarantee that a woman truly loves you. No one can fully know the inner heart except God. However, these…

This year I designed and taught a number of new modules in my new job and I’ll be posting my syllabi for them over the summer while I finally get time to catch my breath and think about how to…

From the British Museum: Pompey consulting the witch Erictho, the witch kneels on the ground in a clearing holding her staff over the body of a dead soldier which she conjures on the ground before…

In Western countries, the rise of the “post-liberal right” has ushered in renewed popularity of German political theorist Carl Schmitt, especially among younger generations. At the heart of Schmitt’s…

Photo: © Stan B. After I got over the initial shock of the rather startling and for all practical purposes, unknown bit of history contained in the previous post, I couldn't help but think what…

{reading time: 11 minutes} ... I am herewith beseeching you to use your good offices to have the replica now in transit in the Keystone state returned to Allentown ... The post Allentown hides the…

This review by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos will interest SynergyExplorers.org visitors. The Alchemy of Love: Sexuality & the Spiritual Journey by […] The post Book Review: The Alchemy of Love…

Death as the last enemy introduced by sin, subjected to Christ's victory, and destined for final abolition — understood through the logic of resurrection and the patristic tradition's sharpest…

my father is a strong believer in god and i wondered why people believe in god the belief in god forms community , provides morals , someone to discuss and make responsible for things this seems…