Good and Evil as Paths of the Soul
An essay on the duality between good and evil as pedagogical forces of consciousness, in the light of philosophy, religious traditions, and spiritual experience.
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philosophy
Essays from the Frater Eisenheim Blog tagged philosophy.
Between the Thread and the Weave: Free Will and Destiny in a Spiritual Reading
An essay on the ancient tension between freedom and destiny, moving through philosophy, religious traditions and everyday spiritual experience, without promising certainties, but inviting discernment.
Read essay →The Rough Ashlar and the Inner Temple: Notes on Masonic Symbolism
An essay on how Masonic allegory — the square, the compass, the plumb line and the level — becomes an ethical path of inner lapidation, respecting the mystery and free will of the student.
Read essay →Faith and Reason: Allies or Adversaries?
An essay on the ancient tension between faith and reason, traversing philosophy, theology and the esoteric tradition, to show that both may walk as sisters in the search for truth.
Read essay →Gnosis: The Knowledge that Liberates in the Gnostic Tradition
An essay on gnosis as an inner and liberating knowledge, tracing its historical roots, its symbols, and its respectful dialogue with the great spiritual traditions.
Read essay →The Birth of God in the Soul: Meister Eckhart and the Mysticism of Silence
An essay on Meister Eckhart, the Dominican from Thuringia who dared to conceive of the eternal birth of God in the human soul, and on the paths of detachment in Christian mysticism.
Read essay →Angels and Demons: The Symbolic Grammar of the Soul
An essay on how angels and demons, far from being mere figures of literal belief, function as a symbolic language for the luminous and shadowy forces dwelling within the human psyche.
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