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Tag: C. S. Lewis

  • The True Myth

    The True Myth

    Mythology and Sacred History in C S Lewis, J R R Tolkien, Joseph Cambpell, and Rene Guenon.

  • Scientific and Political Myths

    Scientific and Political Myths

    When Mahatma Gandhi was asked, “What do you think of European civilization?” he famously replied: “I think it would be a good idea and they should try it.” The proper response to Gandhi should be: “They did try it, but gave it up.”

  • Dante’s Empyrean

    Dante’s Empyrean

    There is nothing to know. One can only be it; that is to know it.

  • Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind

    Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind

    Facts become valuable only in so far as they enable us to enter more fully into the consciousness of our ancestors by realising how such a universe must have affected those who believed in it. The recipe for such realisation is not the study of books. You must go out on a starry night and…

  • An Old Model of the Universe

    An Old Model of the Universe

    To understand the Whole, it is necessary to account for all phenomena.