Thorgeir spent the day in meditation. On the following day, the Christians and Pagans met again to hear his decision. Thorgeir explained that there could not be two conflicting laws and asked for pledges from both sides to abide by his decision. Continue reading
Category Archives: Paganism
The Knowledge of God
The highest life is contemplation. Ignorance is the cause of suffering and ignoranceis removed by knowledge of the self. Continue reading
Love and Strife
Friends, I know indeed that truth is in the word I shall utter; but it is hard for men, and jealous are they of the assault of belief in their souls. ~ Empedocles It was difficult to put aside the bottle of El Padrino anejo and a beckoning Cohiba to … Continue reading
Recovering Tradition
Gradually there will revive in Christendom the forgotten, deeply sleeping, and perished treasure of wisdom and sacrificial deeds of the past — right back to the primeval revelation and the paradisiacal state of mankind. Thus all truth and all love of all times will have their home in the Church … Continue reading
Pagan Philosophers and Church Fathers
The precise nature and even, in some senses, the width of the chasm which separated the [Pagan and Christian] religions can easily be mistaken if we take our ideas solely from political or ecclesiastical histories: still more, if we take them from more popular sources. Cultured people on both sides … Continue reading