I agree that what you say in your article concerning the Koranic refutation of a Trinity consisting of God, Jesus, and Mary (5:72-75), on the one hand, and of a purely biological or carnal understanding of Christ as God's "Son" (112:4 passim), on the other, is in...

I find the article you sent me an exceptionally interesting piece. It's the best apologia you've yet provided for your own modus operandi, which is to remain spiritually engaged with the news of the day. I do wonder, though: is it really only monks who may...

You ask about art, specifically Christian art—more specifically yet, about the differences between traditional and modern forms of such art. Are you familiar with The Saint John's Bible? Commissioned in 1999 by the Benedictines of Saint John's Abbey in...

I agree wholeheartedly with what you say about the dangers of ecumenism. Though I'm on record as an "esoteric ecumenist", I always try to make it quite clear in my writings that I remain opposed to most forms of contemporary interfaith dialogue, not only because of...

Religious authority comes in a wide variety of forms. There's certainly something to be said for a propositional authority, if one might call it that: in short, a Magisterium. I realize that, as a Roman Catholic, this is your personal preference, and that the admitted...

You speak of the "bane of assessment", the foolishness of supposing that knowledge is a matter of facts and skills that can be measured statistically and recorded on charts and graphs. Guénon would presumably have considered this one more "sign of the times",...

I too was newly struck by the passage you mention (Mark 8:22-26) the last time I studied it in the daily readings from the Gospel. What you call "magical" miracles—that is, miracles in which Christ, rather than simply healing someone by a word or by commending...

We definitely have a God-given ability, and responsibility, to fight against evil; one thinks of Christ cleansing the Temple. Indeed all the traditions allow for the exercise of "holy indignation", though at the same time they all equally caution that such indignation...

Yes, we can definitely say that the general resurrection will lead to "something that hasn't been know or seen, and which didn't even exist, before"—that is, during the present (or any previous) age. That's just good Christian theology: it will be "a new heaven...

What would I say to someone, you ask, who was "clueless" but "open" and who needed simple answers to start with? This is a question not unlike the one I tried to address in my last post ("Advice for the Masses"). By way of answer, I've copied below my recent message...