This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Ancient Cosmology Today” (This is the fourth part of a series. Part 1: Most of The Time The Earth Is Flat. Part 2: Where is Heaven? Part 3: Heaven and Earth in The Icon) In my previous posts in this series I have discussed what Heaven […]
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Ancient Cosmology Today” This is the third part of my reflections on cosmology. Part 1: Most of the Time the Earth is Flat. Part 2: Where is Heaven? ————————————————- One of the main purposes of the icon, in its imitation of our Lord himself, […]
This is post 2 of 4 in the series “Ancient Cosmology Today” (Having seen the many furious comments made by scientist types to my last article, I thought it might be necessary to slow things down a bit in order to make myself clearer, and so I will speak of sacred art more directly in […]
This is post 1 of 4 in the series “Ancient Cosmology Today” Science, modern science that is, has engulfed nearly our entire gaze. It has become the transparent self-effacing tableau on which we experience the world, the glasses we wear to judge the truth, the standard we hold against our experience. Self-obvious to most, the […]