Brilliant, mate. I learn so much from these pieces. My little ThM dissertation from a few years back was titled “Reviving the Soul” – I’m constantly reflecting on what this looks like in a healthcare context dominated by a narrow biomedical paradigm which—more often than not—completely neglects the spiritual. Looking forward to the next in the series!
The strongly contrasting usages of pneuma by the pagans and Christians is especially interesting here, where pnuema is the garment of the soul and its medium to reach the body, whereas I think say Origen would have given pneuma the role Hermes assigns to Mind. Do we know why this is? I guess because of the Holy Spirit?
the charioter analogy is used by buddha and many eastern scholars as well. This gives a degree of seeming seperation yet the best riders become fully intergrated with the kart and the horse. I think similar can be said of the soul inlaying within and out of teh body as it lays in the soul.thanks for your posts as always
Brilliant, mate. I learn so much from these pieces. My little ThM dissertation from a few years back was titled “Reviving the Soul” – I’m constantly reflecting on what this looks like in a healthcare context dominated by a narrow biomedical paradigm which—more often than not—completely neglects the spiritual. Looking forward to the next in the series!
The strongly contrasting usages of pneuma by the pagans and Christians is especially interesting here, where pnuema is the garment of the soul and its medium to reach the body, whereas I think say Origen would have given pneuma the role Hermes assigns to Mind. Do we know why this is? I guess because of the Holy Spirit?
That's today's article. :)
its all pneuma n aether end of the day
the charioter analogy is used by buddha and many eastern scholars as well. This gives a degree of seeming seperation yet the best riders become fully intergrated with the kart and the horse. I think similar can be said of the soul inlaying within and out of teh body as it lays in the soul.thanks for your posts as always