Profane Duration and Sacred Time

Religious man lives in two kinds of time, of which the more important, sacred time, appears under the paradoxical aspect of a circular time – a sort of eternal mythical present periodically reintegrated by means of rites.

Toward a Hegelian Mariology: The Marian Concept

Mary's status as the Mother of All is neither a metaphor nor a figure of speech nor merely granting an obvious occurrence of Biblical typology.

Deity and Dismemberment: Dionysus' Death and Christ's Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

Christ's act of the feeding of the multitude is the sole miracle referenced in all four canonical gospels. The Apostle John calls the phenomenon a sēmeion—a "sign"— indicating to his reader the parabolic, symbolic nature of this particular scripture. Relying primarily on Olympiodorus’ allegorization of

Rumi and the Ocean of Nonexistence

Rumi's most cardinal doctrine is the invitation of his disciples to a nonexistence which, not only is above any form of being, but constitutes our final end and teleology.

God as One, Two, Three, and Zero: A Rational Defense of the Metaphysics of Christian Doctrine

While it is incomprehensible to our limited minds, it is rationally possible for God to be at once one and two, one and three, alive and dead in the grave.

On the Height of Adam's Fence

A careful reading of Genesis reveals a curious discrepancy between Yahweh's injunction and how Eve relates it whilst conversing with the Serpent.

Theophanic Imagination in the Sufism of Muhyiddin Ibn Al-ʿArabi

To God belong the East and the West; withersoever you turn, there is the Face of God; God is All-embracing, All-knowing. (The Holy Quran, translated by A.J. Arberry, Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 115) Beauty is the word that shall be our first. Beauty is the last thing which the thinking

Leviathan: A Chaotic Monstrosity of the Sea

One of the most darling and devastating creatures of the Old Testament is Leviathan. He is mentioned more than six times by different names and a number of times without a name. Leviathan is depicted as an ultra powerful sea serpent of some sort. The creature is often almost mentioned

Ersatz Israel

Only that which we can never possess can we never lose.

The Treachery of Images and the Unity of Existence

In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only word that is prohibited? —Jorge Luis Borges, “the Garden of the Forking Paths”1 The Japanese philosopher and professor of Islamic studies Toshihiko Izutsu delivered a riveting public lecture at the Fifth East-West Philosophers’ Conference in Hawaii in June

Whence Virtue in Light of Apocalypse?

Whatever is virtuous in light of our divine life in Christ must ever expect, with no exception or suspense, what is imminent.

The Humility of Divinization

We tend to grow pale and tremble when we come to recognize that the Eternal Spirit of Love is gradually removing all sense of self-importance from us; but how quickly we forget that it is self-importance that's being removed – not our actual importance. For this self-conception is as