Dear Gillian The Early Church (Apostolic) Fathers reacted unfavourably to a teaching they referred to as ‘Gnosticism’. With the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (and Dead Sea Scrolls), we know
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The Importance of Humility
The Judgement MODESTY creates success. The superior man carries things through. The Image Within the earth, a mountain: The image of modesty. Thus the superior man reduces that
Email: Why You Should Not Believe Anything! (11.6.2020)
Dear Gillian I finished re-reading the Islamic book on Jesus living to 125 years old (curious), and dying in India. I am not opposed to
Email: Evagrius the Buddhist (7.6.2020)
Dear Gillian I am astonished at the ‘Buddhistic’ nature of early Christian monasticism. For years I studied various scholars who speculated broad associations whilst the
Email: Evagrius the Solitary (345–399) [6.6.2020]
Dear Gillian I was listening to the work of Evagrius the Solitary (345–399) regarding the eight patterns of evil thought that must be identified, subdued and uprooted through monastic discipline and practice. The
The Four Brahmaviharas of Buddhism
Although what might be translated as the ‘Abode of God’, this Buddhist term, as usual, completely re-interprets this earlier Brahmanic term, so that it becomes both logical
