Thank you for this, much to chew on! It is a theme which I, a fellow Christian Neoplatonist committed to Raimon Panikkar's notion that our collective mythos today is pluralism itself, have long sat with and continue to think about. Your distinction between individuality and essence here was very helpful for me and reminds me of the way Rudolf Steiner insisted on the individuality of spiritual beings. Looking forward to reading more of your work!
I think same-sex marriage is fine, but I don't know much of anything about platonic pederastry. Pederastry in general rubs me the wrong way, but I prefer to refrain from passing judgment on stuff I don't know much about.
The Greeks were much more religious than people today realize. Greek pederasty was a part of shamanistic initiation. A charismatic thing. Shamans learn to walk and talk with beings of the spirit world. And speak metaphysical gibberish. I am a Greek Christian metaphysician, a shaman.
Thank you for this, much to chew on! It is a theme which I, a fellow Christian Neoplatonist committed to Raimon Panikkar's notion that our collective mythos today is pluralism itself, have long sat with and continue to think about. Your distinction between individuality and essence here was very helpful for me and reminds me of the way Rudolf Steiner insisted on the individuality of spiritual beings. Looking forward to reading more of your work!
What do you think of same-sex marriage and Platonic pederasty? You have written up Neo-Platonism very nicely.
I think same-sex marriage is fine, but I don't know much of anything about platonic pederastry. Pederastry in general rubs me the wrong way, but I prefer to refrain from passing judgment on stuff I don't know much about.
The Greeks were much more religious than people today realize. Greek pederasty was a part of shamanistic initiation. A charismatic thing. Shamans learn to walk and talk with beings of the spirit world. And speak metaphysical gibberish. I am a Greek Christian metaphysician, a shaman.
I think I should just back off and not bother you any more with my ideas.