Wassily Kandinsky

Scimus autem quoniam diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum, iis qui secundum propositum vocati sunt sancti. And we know that to them that love God, all things work together unto good, to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART https://www.wassilykandinsky.net/images/works/1.jpg(number up) https://www.wassilykandinsky.net Principle I The United […]

Docta Ignorantia

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT During the decade between the late 1980s and the late 1990s, I produced eighty six meditations titled Docta Ignorantia.  The phrase and concept belong to Nicholas of Cusa, the German Cardinal […]

Purity Of Essence

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT The Devil not infrequently reveals the truth, unintentionally of course.  Give Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper credit where credit is due. BG Ripper had a point regarding Purity of Essence.  Of the […]

Thin Scholarship

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Thin scholarship does in anyone who sallies forth relying on it.   I blame Christian clergy and, especially, monastics for this state of affairs. They are the ones who should have the depth of knowledge and moral courage to have taught their […]

Evidence

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT When we see that everything is attached to the Ground, we do not ask for evidence because we see it. We are adwaitins, non-dualists. When we see that some things are attached to […]

Implications of Incarnation Theology / A Conversation

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT A Christian Scientist and I were discussing the sentence, “Reason is the record of our connectivity with God.”  A conflation of my side of the conversation follows. Reason is a word […]