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Sacred vs. Secular

There are certain hallmarks which define the modern world. These are the result of profound changes in thought which brought the Ancient-Medieval worldview to an end and thus became the defining elements of modernity. It is worth noting that while there are differences, the Ancient and Medieval worlds had a great deal of continuity. That continuity ended with the advent of the Modern Era. This means that in many ways, modernity is unique in history. It is a distinct break with almost everything that went before. One of these defining hallmarks is Secularism. Secularism is often defined as … [Read More...]

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Finding the Ancient Way: Part Four

For the previous article in this series - Finding the Ancient Way: Part Three Here powers failed my high imagination: But by now my desire and will were turned, Like a balanced wheel rotated … [Read More...]

Finding the Ancient Way: Part Three

For the previous article in this series - Finding the Ancient Way: Part Two “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world” ~ W.B. Yeats One of the things I find … [Read More...]

Finding the Ancient Way: Part Two

For the previous article in this series - Finding the Ancient Way: Part One Socrates famously said that ‘the unexamined life is not worth living’. He said this while facing a death sentence. He was … [Read More...]

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Finding The Ancient Way: Part One

As I have studied over the years and generally grown in my experience of life there are a few realizations that I have come to. For me these realizations have been profound and I believe that they … [Read More...]

The Ancient Way

There is a lonely path that wends its way through places forlorn and regions forsworn to a forgotten end. The self-wise and politic masses daily pass it by, secure in the sage opinion of this … [Read More...]

Time

One by one moments slip by, Uncounted but not unnumbered. Flying from a shrouded fate they meet; days longed for and remembered. There they rest forever green, gilded by memory, but nevermore … [Read More...]