Silence and the limits of language
“That for which we find words in something already dead in our hearts. There always is a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.” – Nietzsche, The Twilight of…
Category: false dichotomies
“Shouting about humankind being part of nature may mask a fear that it is nothing of the sort.”
From Peter Reason’s “In Search of Grace”, a passage on a theme that has often occurred to me. Philosophically, one can unpick the concept of “nature” and any separation between…
“The pilgrimage is not all plain sailing, not all peak experience” – Peter Reason on the messy human reality of pilgrimage
One of the charms of Peter Reason’s “In Search of Grace” is his human honesty at the gap between the lofty ambition of pilgrimage and actual experience. At the very outset of…
The many uses of St Columba
From Richard Sharpe’s introduction to his translation of of Adomnan’s Life of St Columba, there are some fascinating passages on how Columba came to be used as a sort of…
“The whirligig of time” : A note on Fr Pat Noise
Seeing that this documentary is to be broadcast next Saturday I thought it an apt time, though any time would be an apt time, to post about my own research…
Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen?
Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the birds cry…
The Empathy of St. Francis
Originally posted on DANIEL DeFOREST LONDON:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP7sbsX8eYg There was a discussion in a First Grade religion class focused on St. Francis of Assisi. After school, a First Grader came home…
Peter Reason on being a pilgrim and being a tourist
I recently re-blogged a section from Peter Reason’s new book, In Search of Grace. I’ve been reading it over the weekend and am sorely tempted to simply copy out sections.…
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