Tag: Orthodox Easter 2015

Symbol of Heaven

Today is Easter Sunday in the Orthodox Church. Two readings: "Ancient Symbol of Heaven" From "Misunderstood Masterpiece," an essay in the Jesuit weekly America  on Salvador Dali's "The Sacrament…

The Greek Fifth Element:

The Dodecahedron . This Platonic solid appears, for instance, on the cover  of a colorful text titled The Heart of Mathematics  (Wiley, third edition, 2009) — For serious  students, here…

The Starbird Manifesto

"But what was supposed to be the source of a compound's authority? Why, the same as that of all new religious movements: direct access to the godhead, which in this case was…