Some Reflections on Integral Metaphysics

Metaphysics is not a science in the modern sense, but a mode of knowledge. Yet no conflict is conceivable between the two, nor there can be a symmetrical correlation between them, for their domains are so widely apart.

Can We Ever Be Lost to God?

Insofar as no moment "in time" is lost on God (since God is not bound by time and moments to God do not, as to us, slip away), what happens to those moments wherein one "chooses" God if we are to believe that one could later

A Calque, Ulysses? No, Logos Unbound

The rich will make temples for Śiva. What shall I, a poor man, do? My legs are pillars, the body the shrine, the head a cupola of gold. Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers, things standing shall fall, but the moving ever shall stay. —Basavaṇṇa (12th cent.), vācana 820.

Jesus Didn't Kill Himself

At Calvary, Jesus was executed by the earthly powers of his day. "Atonement" cannot be sanitized of this political and historical reality.

An Inconvenient Horizon: Apocalypse Versus the Cult of an Endless Tomorrow

In an age of techno-nationalist optimism, apocalypse is heresy. But only our eschatological horizon can reveal what is ultimately illusory.

Dusty Spectacles; or, These Things Too

Ash Wednesday, 2025 “All nations surrounded me; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!”—Psalm 118:10. It is not that the old school contrarian commentators require remarkable foresight to call the experiment in exceptionalism on its cruel game ahead of time—it is after hours, and

Parish the Thought

Upon arrival, I joined the parishioners in the confession line. I partook of the custom of bowing to my co-penitents just prior to approaching the confessor, which I am told is particular to Russian tradition. This soborny gesture attuned me to the sacrifice to come qua reparation of a shattered

Mircea Eliade and Primordial Eucharist

Catholic and Orthodox Christians participate in Mircea Eliade's "eternal return" on the occasion of every eucharistic celebration.

An Introduction to Indo-Tibetan Alchemy

In Indo-Tibetan alchemy, we have a single fundamental creative process and its associated energies which can be realised or accessed in a variety of ways by humans who acquire the requisite skills.

Doubting Disciples and "Proof of Death"

Thomas' stipulations are as much proof that Jesus had, in fact, died as they were proof of his resurrection.

A Heartfelt Rejoinder to Eugenia Constantinou: Discovering the Orthodox Phronema in Universalism (Part Three)

Universalism is rooted in the Scriptures and the Fathers, and no authoritative statements in Tradition condemn the belief.

A Heartfelt Rejoinder to Eugenia Constantinou: Discovering the Orthodox Phronema in Universalism (Part Two)

Universal salvation emerges from deep theological and historical roots, challenging the long-held consensus with a vision of hope grounded in the earliest teachings of Christ and the Church Fathers.