Snapshots

In blazing love and compassion for the world, Anonymous d’Outre Tomb, wrote:

‘John who submitted himself voluntarily to Peter as leader or prince of the apostles did not become his successor after his death, although he outlived Peter by many years. John [is] not called upon to succeed Peter…

Hermeticism, the living Hermetic tradition guards … the life and communal soul of religion, science and art. [Hermeticists] do not have any privilege in any of these domains; saints, true scientists and artists of genius are their superiors.

But they live for the mystery of the communal heart, which beats within all religions, all philosophies, all arts and sciences – past, present and future. And inspired by the example of John the beloved disciple, they do not pretend, and never will pretend, to play a directing role in religion, science, art, in social or political life, but they are constantly attentive so as not to miss any occasion to **serve** religion, philosophy, science, art, the social and political life of humanity … (Meditations on the Tarot).’

To GUARD and to SERVE, and thus not to succumb to the currents of destruction of tradition manifest in the New Age culture, secularism, ‘political correctness’ and so on …

This lies at the heart of what this webblog is about.

It is something that will be unpacked piece by piece in the time to come.

But in this format, designed to be read off a computer screen in our increasingly stressed and soulless pace of life, it is not something that I will be able to draw together, as I might in a book (which, in fact, I am working on). It is rather a series of 'snapshots', which if, you have the time and interest, you can try to link together with me …

That said, however, I recently sent a **long** letter-article to friends, clarifying what this webblog concerns. If anyone out there is interested, I am happy to e-mail an edited version of it.

This long piece letter addresses many themes this webblog will unfold. Matters as diverse as the loss of soul in the world, the failure I have come to see in New Age spirituality, secularism and capitalism, the nature of modern evil, and the hope to be found in the Sacramental Church. It draws on authors as diverse as Allan and William Bloom, Rudolf Steiner, John Paul II, Robert Sardello, and the Catholic author of the words quoted above.

It is also told through my own personal journey from the New Age community of Findhorn in Scotland to the Church of Rome. My e-mail is in my profile above for any who wish to receive a more coherent sense of what this project is about.

Snapshots will resume tomorrow.