Trivium 23 September 2020 Caesarean Rhetoric An educational exploration of the rhetoric of Caesar as exhibited in the famous "Gallic Commentary" of the same. What draws the line between rhetoric and lies? What are the levels of rhetoric? Is there such a thing as "deep rhetoric?"
Trivium 18 September 2020 Periclean Rhetoric Possibly the first of our excerpts towards the "Delight in Thought," which seemed to capture minds in our business meeting.
Fiction 12 September 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: -- and there was war in heaven. "...the kingdom falleth nigh unto destruction. We must save it with the power of that sword given to our arm for such a purpose. There shall be order."
Fiction 5 September 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: Lo, the Night's Descent... -image credit Seyed Mostafa Zamani-
Fiction 30 August 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: Vestments of Wisdom "If thou shalt follow this man, for that is what he is, a man most mortal and fallible, thou shalt bring upon thyself the judgement of everlasting torment..."
Fiction 23 August 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: Interlocution Achieved Redemptoral Day came to be celebrated in the days of the Olden King, in his twenty third year of life, the seventh year of his reign, in the summer when he danced before the One
Fiction 16 August 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: The River of Mercy and the Table of Delight "So came the two freed prisoners to the citadel of the olden King, each wearing nought but a garment to cover their extremities..."
11 August 2020 #11 - Avicenna and Epicureanism: Truth? New Atheism. Left Behind Theology. What is Avicenna's Proof of the Truthful, and in what sense did he mean something was true? Today's show interviews Stephen McClung on his perspective on Avicenna and Epicurus, along with their respective beliefs place in the present culture.
Fiction 9 August 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: The Olden King "...a dragon upon a field of blue, pierced through the heart by a knight in gleaming armors of plated steel..."
3 August 2020 # 10 - Sidelights Episode #3: Art, Archetypes, and Religion On today's program, the discussion centers around various works of art and artists, the role of such in society, and how such relates to current and future affairs, religious devotion, and the craft of artistry as applied to writing.
Fiction 2 August 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: Attempted Interlocution "The Preacher ceased writing notes as a single thought coursed through him. He scarcely heard the rest of the lecture but knew he must present it to the teachers on lesson's completion."
27 July 2020 #09 - Metaphysics and Other Vices The perceptual capacity of animals and humans differ in the endless search for the source, the answer to questions. Is any of this clawing at the heaven's truly helpful?
26 July 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: The King and the Eastern One "Those were the days of the festivals, when meat and drink were in plenty and the youth of the land gathered to give thanks to the One for the beneficence of His provision in the preceding seasons."
20 July 2020 #08 - Sidelights Episode #2: The Problem of Evil, Flawed Education, the Freedom Responsibility In today’s episode, Jacob and Brandon bring sidelight topics that stuck out to them from the past few episodes. The problem of evil and the flaws in the educational system are discussed.
Fiction 19 July 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: The End of the Age Foretold "Come from the north, O Wynd; Come from the South, East, and West, wynding wynds of regeneration..."
13 July 2020 #07 - Aquinas ad Astra The greatest theologian that ever lived, according to some, sought to answer every attack on his faith, as well as provide the human mind tangible proof of the divine's existence. He gave five proofs for God in his famous seminal work Summa Theologica.
backchannel 9 July 2020 A Review of Apellus' WIP, Reconstruction As humbly as may be do I venture now to offer my own perspectival thoughts regarding the echo of the infinite which is Apellus' WIP, Reconstruction, a work in which we all have
Fiction 8 July 2020 The Dialogues of the Acolytes: Many Meetings "It was in the days of the Preacher before he met the Learned One, in the days of his youth..."
28 June 2020 If ye love me... A meditation on the church's response in some areas to COVID-19, and what might be the path forward for us.
22 June 2020 The Inimitable Upness of Being Monologue to be presented to the esteemed members of the Positive Perspectives book club on June 22nd 2020.
Philosophy 7 April 2020 L'Aphorisme Verisme II "Wisdom considers the end of all things before all things work towards the End."
backchannel 9 February 2020 Juvenilia: Ascending the Tree of Thought C = D Is such an equivocation possible? Is it possible that a person's chief aim may equal variable D, the Good, or the acquisition thereof? Socrates seemed to believe that such a thing
2 February 2020 Where Thunder Rumbles: Of a Rumor of Angels “The universe has a divine soul of order, which soul is moral, being also the soul within the soul of man...As much as if it were a God.."