Dear Cormac Jones, This was most certainly a difficult but necessary pill to swallow, especially because I would not have come to the faith if it were not for the genealogies of people like Fr Seraphim or E. Michael Jones and furthermore chosen Orthodoxy.
With that said are there any works of history like the ones you mention above that do manage to reflect the "patterns of creation" as you have mentioned?
Dear Uoeofye, I'm thankful for your comment — as far as histories go, I'm particularly indebted to Fr. Seraphim Rose's Survival Course as it was taught to me in its original intended context, by the monks of Platina at one of their old missionary schools. Fr. Seraphim is a worthy teacher of converts; yes, he has much negative apologetical material, such as Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, which can be useful, but I love him especially for his positive material such as the Northern Thebaid and Vita Patrum. The field of history is the study of change, and in a secular context, this will always be about the patterns of corruption. For the positive use of change, we're talking about theosis; so for the patterns of creation in human history, we have the Lives of Saints for that. The art of hagiography is what history looks like baptized.
I would be really interested in an article where you explain your method for watching films (you have addressed that in part, I know). I am struggling to find a way to metabolize literature in a way that, as you say, prioritizes beauty but teleotizes truth. Also, the discernment of logoi and tropoi in that process. Thanks as always Cormac!
Explain my method for watching films? I myself don't understand myself as having such a method. It sounds like what you would like to learn would come out in dialogue more so than in an article. The discernment of logoi and tropoi, on the other hand, is something I've wanted to write about for the Symbolic World a long time now, but the right moment seems not to have arrived.
I suppose I should have asked: "do you have a method for watching films?" Either way, maybe what I'm getting at is better asked in the second question.
Strange, I only received a notification of this comment today...
The only way I could imagine talking about how I watch films is to question you about how you watch films. If you ever have the time and inclination, I'd be up for such a conversation.
Dear Cormac Jones, This was most certainly a difficult but necessary pill to swallow, especially because I would not have come to the faith if it were not for the genealogies of people like Fr Seraphim or E. Michael Jones and furthermore chosen Orthodoxy.
With that said are there any works of history like the ones you mention above that do manage to reflect the "patterns of creation" as you have mentioned?
Dear Uoeofye, I'm thankful for your comment — as far as histories go, I'm particularly indebted to Fr. Seraphim Rose's Survival Course as it was taught to me in its original intended context, by the monks of Platina at one of their old missionary schools. Fr. Seraphim is a worthy teacher of converts; yes, he has much negative apologetical material, such as Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future, which can be useful, but I love him especially for his positive material such as the Northern Thebaid and Vita Patrum. The field of history is the study of change, and in a secular context, this will always be about the patterns of corruption. For the positive use of change, we're talking about theosis; so for the patterns of creation in human history, we have the Lives of Saints for that. The art of hagiography is what history looks like baptized.
I would be really interested in an article where you explain your method for watching films (you have addressed that in part, I know). I am struggling to find a way to metabolize literature in a way that, as you say, prioritizes beauty but teleotizes truth. Also, the discernment of logoi and tropoi in that process. Thanks as always Cormac!
Explain my method for watching films? I myself don't understand myself as having such a method. It sounds like what you would like to learn would come out in dialogue more so than in an article. The discernment of logoi and tropoi, on the other hand, is something I've wanted to write about for the Symbolic World a long time now, but the right moment seems not to have arrived.
I suppose I should have asked: "do you have a method for watching films?" Either way, maybe what I'm getting at is better asked in the second question.
Strange, I only received a notification of this comment today...
The only way I could imagine talking about how I watch films is to question you about how you watch films. If you ever have the time and inclination, I'd be up for such a conversation.
I'll send you an email!