Thomas means depth, or twofold, or cut down. He was profound in his humility, as is shown by his hair shirt and his washing the feet of the poor; twofold in his office, teaching the people both by word and by example; and cut down in his martyrdom. Thomas of Canterbury, while he was atContinue reading “On St. Thomas of Canterbury”
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On the Eleven Thousand Virgins
an examination of the lives of some saints for Lent (35/40 (deo volente)) The martyrdom of the eleven thousand virgins came about in the following way. In Britain there was a most Christian king named Notus or Maurus, who had a daughter called Ursula. She was very virtuous, wise, and beautiful, and famous because ofContinue reading “On the Eleven Thousand Virgins”
On the Black Rock at the North Pole
“It is said in the book concerning the fortunate discovery that at the arctic pole there is a high magnetic rock, thirty-three German miles in circumference. A surging sea surrounds this rock, as if the water were discharged downward from a vase through an opening.”— Johannes Ruysch The conception of the north pole as aContinue reading “On the Black Rock at the North Pole”
On the Esoteric Meaning of Japanese Death Poems
As our knowledge of the Japanese is rather limited, and we do not speak their language (and thus translations are our source material), the following interpretations will not so much be accurate pictures of the probable intent of the authors of these poems, but rather a reflection of our own symbolic worldview. Having made thisContinue reading “On the Esoteric Meaning of Japanese Death Poems”
On the Science of Numbers
Turn from the sleep of negligence and the slumber of ignorance, for the world is a house of delusion and tribulations. – Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Sincerity Let us begin with what is first, for ‘we can count Nothing before One’. The Monad is Unity, and it is the beginning, middle and end ofContinue reading “On the Science of Numbers”
On Tradition 