The Two Antipodes of Transcendence (revision: June ’21)
Many attempts have been offered to defend the theory that only physical reality is real (so-called ‘naturalism’ or ‘materialism’). Although embarrassingly feeble in argument and often unabashedly ideological in inspiration,
The Long Bony Finger
The prophet and the philosopher are both pointers. Prophets point at, philosophers point out. But both point. By doing so, they endeavor to carry to consummation that spontaneous act of
Essay on the cenoscopic/idioscopic revised and published in the USA
On the Cenoscopic and the Idioscopic The edition available in my list of Essays (under the “Works” menu) is actually more interesting, for it includes a number of illustrations. The
The Philosopher and the Poet – Siblings in Intuition
Aristotle teaches that the philosopher and the poet both attend to the marvelous, and thus enjoy an occupational kinship. We might expand upon his observation by identifying the effects of
Protology and Eschatology in Miniature
(Portuguese original here: Protologia e escatologia em miniatura) Many today, even those otherwise sympathetic to Christianity, find the Bible simply unbelievable. Foremost among the reasons are that its beginning seems so
Apocalypse Recordings in New Home
My 1990 recorded meditations on the Apocalypse are no longer in separate posts, but rather brought together under a new menu (above, at the right): “Eschatology.” A duplication of the
Empirical Easter 2021
A common misconception about Christianity tells us that it consists in believing a series of abstract truths regarding a God who is one and three, a person who is God
First or Only? (the battle between the ordinal and the cardinal in the Reformation) updated for 2021
As this year marks 500 years since the excommunication of Martin Luther in 1521 – a declaration that still resonates today – I decided to reread the documents of that
Onde começa a Filosofia… (Where philosophy begins…)
…nem precisa de palavras… (…no words are needed)
Introducing Richard De Smet SJ
I have been reading Richard De Smet’s work for years and have found him to be the deepest and most erudite interpreter of Indian thought from within a traditional, Christian
7 Islands revisited and revised (2021)
For anyone who read, downloaded, or is interested in reading, my English travelogue, 7 Islands, there is now an updated, corrected version of the text. The original was first written