Stillness in the West

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Ye Shall Be as Gods Listen now (32 min) | Episode 1: Technology, Magic, and the Will to Power.

Feb 6

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse.

Feb 2

Some Thoughts.

Jan 25

On Modernity and the Lost Art of Suffering.

Jan 14

The Pascal Challenge--a Follow Up.I am interested to know how it went for those who spent time in silence this Advent. Any insights? Nothing special? Joyful? A nice place to visi…

Dec 27, 2022

On Unconscious Desire, Mimetic Rivalry, and the Spiritual Life.

Dec 21, 2022

The Pascal Challenge.What I am proposing goes something like this: Place a chair in a quiet, otherwise empty room. Arrange it so there will be no distractions, diver…

Nov 29, 2022

On the cost of not looking into the Abyss.

Nov 28, 2022

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The art, practice and tradition of walking in spiritual darkness and unknowing, late in the Anthropocene. I am currently living as a semi-hermit at a remote Benedictine monastery high up in the Rocky Mountains, USA. Joy and beauty are still possible.

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