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Homer and the Realm of Shadows

The psyche (ψυχή) for Homer was primarily a shadowy-substance, devoid of consciousness or any form of mental proclivity. It meant the difference between the living and the dead. The dead lost all memories of their former life—this was the result … Continue reading

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On Genuine Spiritual Experience

Received an email the other day from a source that I discern is a kindred-spirit. Eric S. Fallick identifies himself as a “Platonist contemplative ascetic, renunciant, eremitical monastic and mystic of many years standing tenuously surviving alone and without support.” … Continue reading

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