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  • Angels and Divine Revelation | Monday Muse
    2024/05/13

    Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I discuss Dionysius's hierarchy of angels, Divine Revelation, and religion.

    Tell me what you think, and join the discussion in the comments!

    This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

    - Angels as mediators of Divine Revelation

    - Similarity of religions and religious practices

    - God assigning angels or principalities over each nation

    - Universality of revelation

    - Every culture or religion received Divine Revelation

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    22 分
  • The Spiritual Unconscious and Unconscious Religiousness | Monday Muse
    2024/05/06

    Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing Viktor Frankl's concept of the spiritual unconscious and unconscious religiousness as well as his criticism of Carl Jung and Jungian archetypes.

    Tell me what you think, and join the discussion in the comments!

    This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

    - Frankl's concept of of the spiritual unconscious and unconscious religiousness

    - What is the Spiritual Unconscious?

    - What is the unconscious religiousness?

    - What makes religion or religious experience authentic?

    - Frankl's criticism of Carl Jung and Jungian archetypes.

    - Possible origin or source of archetypes

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    23 分
  • God Our Mother? | Monday Muse
    2024/04/22

    Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing Julian of Norwich's concept of God as mother and other aspect of the feminine and divinity in Catholic theology.

    Tell me what you think, and join the discussion in the comments!

    This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

    - Julian of Norwich's notion of God as Mother

    - God as the totality and unity of fatherhood and motherhood

    - The Bible and other ancient religions on gods and goddesses

    - God as mother in scripture and tradition

    - How God is both mother and father to his creation and creatures

    - The symbolism of the feminine in relation to God

    - The Feminine and the Divine in Catholic Theology

    - Carl Jung on the Divine Feminine and it's necessity

    - Psychology and theology on femininity and divinity

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    37 分
  • O Necessary Sin, O Happy Fault | Monday Muse
    2024/04/08

    Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing the Easter Vigil "Exsultet" and the truly necessary sin of Adam and happy fault (Felix Culpa!).

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    This episode discusses, explores, and examines:

    - The Necessary Sin of Adam

    - The meaning of necessity

    - Why God allowed Adam to sin

    - Why can the Fall be called "happy"

    - The Original World vs. the World of Redemption

    - Redemption and the Fall

    - The higher state of being after the Fall

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    23 分
  • Faith and Doubt | Scripture Commentary
    2024/04/05

    Lee Benson discusses the gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Easter.

    Reading selection for Second Sunday of Easter

    - (Gospel): Jn 20:19-31

    This episode discusses, explores and examines:

    - Saint Thomas's doubt

    - The nature of doubt

    - The relationship between doubt and faith

    - Doubt being a part of every act of faith

    - How those who are unbelievers also doubt

    - Faith as a form of knowledge and vision

    - Nature and meaning of faith

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    30 分
  • Cosmic Christianity: The Resurrection
    2024/03/29

    Lee Benson discusses the significance of the Resurrection and the symbolism of the Easter Liturgy.

    This episode discusses, explores and examines:

    - Christ as the fulfillment of all archetypes and myths

    - The Sun and it's connection to Jesus Christ and the Resurrection

    - The cosmos and the Resurrection

    - Signs, symbols, and meaning of the Easter Liturgy

    - Death and Resurrection

    - Christianity belief is historical

    - The centrality and importance of the Resurrection

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    32 分
  • Good Friday and the Death of Christ | Monday Muse
    2024/03/25

    Welcome to the Monday Muse! Today, I am discussing the hymns and poetry from the Good Friday liturgy. I will look at the cross as a mystery and the symbolism of the cross as well as connect it to Nietzsche’s concept of the death of God.

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    his episode discusses, explores, and examines:

    - Nietzsche’s proclamation of the death of God and it’s meaning

    - Death of God connected to Good Friday

    - The Cross as the central meaning of Christian Mystery

    - The Cross as a union of cosmos and the bible

    - The Cross as a cosmic and Biblical mystery

    - The Cross as the true Tree of Life and related to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and evil

    - The Cross as the hidden and divine plan to outwit the serpent

    - Jesus and Adam compared

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    31 分
  • Palm Sunday and the Lord's Passion | Scripture Commentary
    2024/03/22

    Lee Benson discusses and provides scripture commentary for the readings for Palm Sunday 2024.

    Reading selection for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion

    - (First Reading): Is 50:4-7

    - (Pslam): Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24

    - (Second Reading): Phil 2:6-11

    - (Gospel): Mk 14:1—15:47

    This episode discusses, explores and examines:

    - Saint Paul's Christ-poem

    - Christ's divine humility and self-emptying

    - The Cross as a full revelation of the nature of God

    - The passion and death of Christ

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    28 分