by Evan Dwan | Apr 2, 2020 | News |
Monastic readers would huddle over their parchment texts, reading aloud, immersing their whole being in the words and the text. Reading used to be understood as a remedy. According to Ivan Illich, reading brings light back into the world, by kindling the eye, and...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 2, 2020 | News |
Luc Ferry writes that the Odyssey is the first representative of an attempt at creating a cosmic wisdom, a ‘secular spirituality’ and a compelling definition of the good life. He is referred to as the ‘divine Odysseus’, the wisest of men. His quest is to attempt to...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 2, 2020 | News |
The ‘Tree of life’ is an exercise from David Denborough, which aims to create an empowered narrative of your life. It involves drawing/ painting a tree and reflecting on different aspects of yourself. Instructions First draw a tree. It can be any kind of tree but best...
by Evan Dwan | Apr 2, 2020 | News |
The great god Zeus tasked Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus, who were both skilled craftsmen, with populating the earth. Epimetheus made animals and birds, insects and fish. When he was finished Prometheus stepped forward and made the last creature. He took some...
by Evan Dwan | Mar 31, 2020 | News |
It is one of the great gifts of being alive today that for the first time in history all of the knowledge that has been developed by all the world’s cultures are available to us for the first time. The Inuit Eskimo, the Chinese peasant farmer, or the medieval...
