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Flannery O’Connor’s Prophetic Novel Predicted The New Atheists – Wise Blood – Jay Dyer (Half)
Hazel Motes is a wild dude. In fact, his character is in many ways an archetype of the new atheists and the cult they head nowadays with their
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‘One travels in ideas as well as trains’—Simon van Schalkwyk interviews PR Anderson on his new collection of poetry, Night Transit
Academic Editor Simon van Schalkwyk talks to PR Anderson about travelling to places you’ve never been, the viciousness of history, and his new
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‘One travels in ideas as well as trains’—Simon van Schalkwyk interviews PR Anderson on his new collection of poetry, Night Transit
Academic Editor Simon van Schalkwyk talks to PR Anderson about travelling to places you’ve never been, the viciousness of history, and his new
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Icon Painting as Participation: Interview with Cornelia Tsakiridou…Part II
In Tradition and Transformation…Gadamer’s “horizon” helped me think in terms of a “communion of icons” (koinonia eikonon) or to think
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Building on Symbolism: The Cornerstone
by Midnight Freemason Guest ContributorWB Christian Garrett, 32°, K.T.The cornerstone has long been considered to be an essential element of many
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Icon Painting as Participation: Interview with Cornelia Tsakiridou…Pt. I
Cornelia Tsakiridou Editorial Note: It was in 2014 that I first came across the work of Cornelia A. Tsakiridou, a year after the publication of her
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The Symbolism of the Beehive
by Midnight Freemason Guest ContributorWB Christian Garrett, 32°, K.T.The beehive is a symbol introduced in the Master Mason lecture, representing
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Beneath the Surface of Art’s Visual Symbolism
It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we
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The Gavel
by Midnight Freemason Guest ContributorRWB Joshua HerbigThe Gavel has long been considered a symbol of authority. Within a Masonic Lodge, it
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Lecture: The Neptic Icon and Orthodox Tradition
I am delighted to announce that Professor Cornelia Tsakiridou, author of several exceptional books on the holy icon, will be giving a special lecture
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Keeping the Fire: Cormac McCarthy's The Road and What It Tells Us as Freemasons
by Midnight Freemason Guest ContributorPhillip WelshansIn Cormac McCarthy's apocalyptic novel, The Road, the main character and his young son are
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A Masonic Dialogue Between Self and Soul
by Midnight Freemason Guest ContributorPhillip WelshansWilliam Butler Yeats, Irish playwright and poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
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How to Crack the Catholic Code of the Old Masters
Suzanna Ivanič’s, Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism (Thames & Hudson, 2022) (all images courtesy Thames & Hudson) A large
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What Happened To (Once) Mighty Bundesmachine...
This is not a question. As famous Gary Lineker stated in 1990: "Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the
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The White Old Man Sūtra - Part Two
To start at the beginning, click here.So here is my fast attempt to elaborate on the meanings of every last detail in this surprisingly complex