We in the West don’t even realize just how much we have been infected by the Post-Enlightenment obsession with data and facts, as if scientism and materialism create the best informed thinkers and that that is the ultimate goal of life. In CS Lewis’ Discarded Image he was trying to help us understand that we believe we disproved the Medieval models because they were wrong, but he argued that we simply discarded them because we no longer found them useful. The Medieval mind with it’s systematic approach prized significance. We threw away meaning because we found the truth. Meaning is not expressed in facts. The truth is certainly a worthy goal, but it does not account for mystery and enchantment. The Church in the East has been faithful to the idea of faith as mystery. We in the West could certainly learn from them to appreciate mystery and enchantment.
This was fantastic. Too short for my liking:) I’d love to hear more about Pavel Florensky. He is an unknown spiritual giant in my heart. A hidden life! Thank you.
We in the West don’t even realize just how much we have been infected by the Post-Enlightenment obsession with data and facts, as if scientism and materialism create the best informed thinkers and that that is the ultimate goal of life. In CS Lewis’ Discarded Image he was trying to help us understand that we believe we disproved the Medieval models because they were wrong, but he argued that we simply discarded them because we no longer found them useful. The Medieval mind with it’s systematic approach prized significance. We threw away meaning because we found the truth. Meaning is not expressed in facts. The truth is certainly a worthy goal, but it does not account for mystery and enchantment. The Church in the East has been faithful to the idea of faith as mystery. We in the West could certainly learn from them to appreciate mystery and enchantment.
I agree 100%!
This was fantastic. Too short for my liking:) I’d love to hear more about Pavel Florensky. He is an unknown spiritual giant in my heart. A hidden life! Thank you.
More anecdotes are coming! Thanks, Shari!
Yay!
Yes, Pavel Florensky was a "remarkable man," as Solzhenitsyn wrote about him.
Yes, he did. Thank you, Larisa!
Beautiful, thank you!
Thanks, Nicholas!
Beautiful 🥹 now I have a new book I want to read ♥️
A friend highly recommended it. I haven't read it myself. Thanks, Joellen!