 | In this season finale of the Burning Phoenix we'll be looking at how Contemplation can be the key to rebalancing your outlook and re-connect with the Transcendent, and we'll see how this is suggested both by the Greek Philosopher Aristotle and in Dante's Paradiso. And a big... Thu, Nov 23rd 2023 11am |
| Today it's a bit different episode where we'll be sharing a discussion of the Sphere of Venus with Prof. Robert-Louis Abrahamson from our Dante's Divine Comedy Podcast. The conversation is about the main topics in the Third Sphere in Paradiso, and we'll explore the themes... Fri, Nov 17th 2023 10am |
| Today we'll be discussing a question from Adam in St. Louis, Missouri, about ways to think about the bigger overall life choices, especially in your early 20s. And the Topic of the Week is the 4 Primary/Cardinal Virtues, how they can provide a great map for orientation and for... Thu, Nov 9th 2023 12pm |
| Today we'll be discussing a question from Steven in Cumbria, England, and look at Dante's compelling argument about the unlikelihood of complete "randomness" in the Cosmos, and its consequences. And we're launching a new field of study today: Bigpicturelogy! The inquiry... Thu, Nov 2nd 2023 1pm |
| Today we'll look at Del Noce's "The Idea of Modernity", talk about a listener question from Chris in Georgia, US, and ponder how looking at Venus in the early morning can connect us to the experience of Ancient Peoples. 2:00 - Listener Question from Chris, Georgia... Thu, Oct 26th 2023 8am |
| Today we're having a listener comment from Sean in Dallas, TX, and we'll look at how Dante suggests Humanity as a whole needs to realign with Transcendent Realities eventually - both in the Earthly and the Spiritual Realms. And our two questions for you is an ongoing open... Fri, Oct 20th 2023 7am |
| In this episode we'll go through two great examples from our listeners about how reading old texts have transformed their lives and their future outlook. We'll also do a brief recap about Imperial History with Emperor Constantine's rise to sole Emperor after his first... Fri, Oct 13th 2023 10am |
| Welcome to Season 2 of the Burning Phoenix! Today we're talking about the "Beyond" or Transcendent as the long term stable Big Picture for our thinking - partly as Dante describes it in the Divine Comedy, after a long speech from Beatrice. And we have two questions for... Thu, Oct 5th 2023 3pm |
| We'll look at three videos in this episode - about Ancient Japanese "Forest Bathing" with Shinto, some key points about the current right brain deficit in our current culture, and how the Ancient Greeks described much of the nature of the Right Brain with the idea and concept of the... Sat, Feb 18th 2023 9am |
| We'll look at what the poet and father of Humanism, Francesco Petrarch, wrote about Dante in a letter to Boccaccio. Dante and Petrarch in many ways represent the two main reactions to the corruption of the Church and the negative anthropology that developed after the Schism: Dante... Fri, Feb 10th 2023 9am |
| We'll look at two books in this episode: “More than Allegory” by Philosopher & Scientist Bernardo Kastrup, and “The Age of Utopia” by Historian and College Professor John Strickland. Our video talk with Tom LA Books is here: |
| We'll briefly look at a recent conversation with Tom Holland, Stephen Meyer and Douglas Murray, and recommend some of their books. The full conversation is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2u54a1FL28 And... Sat, Jan 21st 2023 9am |
| We'll look at how CS Lewis had a precise intuitive understanding of the nature of the brain hemispheres, and how the story of Orpheus turning back and losing Eurydice as they are trying to leave the Underworld, contains deep insight into how a left brain overreach dissolves the deeper wisdom... Wed, Jan 18th 2023 9am |
| We'll look at the century/milliennia picture and consider new factors that might contribute to a much bigger regeneration of culture, as well as goals and aims for this process of Rebirth and Renaissance. And we'll close with a vision of beauty and inspiration, that could provide a... Sat, Jan 14th 2023 9am |
| We'll look at Tom LA Books' videos, a Hillsdale course on CS Lewis, Jordan Peterson's last episode on the first half of Exodus, and some overall thoughts on the big picture for 2023 and the coming decade or two. The emerging good things and the earliest stages for rebalancing... Wed, Jan 11th 2023 9am |
| We're having the first guest on the show: Tom LA Books is here to talk about his new 100 episodes Youtube series about Dante's Divine Comedy in Italian: |
| We'll have a quick review of four of the excellent courses from Hillsdale College, some thoughts on Jordan Peterson's speech on the Logos at the Ancient Greek temple of Ephesus (one of the Seven Wonders of the World) - and a little "Tercet Meditation" from Dante, as inspiration... Mon, Jan 2nd 2023 9am |
| We'll look at the Hillsdale College's course on Dante's Divine Comedy, and the new videos from Tommaso Todesca on Dante's Comedy in Italian. We'll also reflect on a couple of excerpts from Dante about the conseqences of your own moral choices in life, and about not... Thu, Dec 22nd 2022 9am |
| We'll look at a couple of highlights from Episode 5 in Dr. Jordan Peterson's Exodus Series, and see how the idea of morals as consequences of virtues and vices has been expressed in both Ancient Greek and Late Medieval Times. Thanks for listening! Sat, Dec 17th 2022 9am |
| We'll look at Nietzsche's argument for the "Will to Power" in light of Left Brain Hemisphere domination, and also the effect of the more modern ideas of fragmented moments of happiness vs. the Ancient Greek concept of overall life happiness: Eudaimonia. Both as reflections... Wed, Dec 14th 2022 9am |
| We're looking at Episode 4 in Jordan Peterson's Exodus series, and how Nietzsche's attack on morality is problematic - with his Hubris of trying to transgress Transcendent Morality as a whole. We'll also look at an interesting formative experience in Dostoevsky's young... Sat, Dec 10th 2022 9am |
| We've spent a few days testing out the new ChatGPT, a creative and highly intelligent program/chatbot that is at times stunning, and at times plain wrong. It also gave us a few jokes and a rewriting of Genesis in Trump's speaking Style! Wed, Dec 7th 2022 9am |
| In this episode we'll look at the Third Episode of the Peterson's Exodus Series, and also the opening of the new Fourth Volume of John Strickland's history work "Paradise and Utopia" - about Wagner, Nietzsche, and the striving towards the total transgression of moral... Sat, Dec 3rd 2022 9am |
| A look at the new series about Exodus from Dr. Jordan B. Peterson (16 episodes for Part I), plus a few excerpts from "The Life of Moses" by St. Gregory of Nyssa. Thanks for listening! Sat, Nov 26th 2022 2pm |
| Why the dimension or perspective of an Immaterial or Transcendent Reality is important, not as a "that which we yet don't know", but a mysterious aspect of Being and the Cosmos. It is also instrumental for a balanced thinking, and to avoid the excesses of the left brain... Wed, Nov 23rd 2022 12pm |
| Looking at private money into US elections, and the excesses of the Catholic Church in 1054-1302. We'll also look at the idea of fighting the mythological monster Hydra, and aiming at the belly and not endlessly cutting off its heads, as Dante warns against to the Holy German Emperor... Sun, Nov 20th 2022 8am |
| Thoughts on the rise of China, now soon the size of the US economy, and within this decade (2020s) most likely becoming the biggest economy on the Planet. Their economy is already 60x bigger in the last 40 years. And a global economic supremacy for China is nothing new, it has already happened... Thu, Nov 17th 2022 9am |
| Five points about how to mentally and practically prepare - if a bigger metaphorical Flood is indeed coming soon in America now in 2022/23, and to some extent in parts of Europe. 1. Start building an Ark, immediately - with solid knowledge. It might be urgent. What to put in the Ark? The... Mon, Nov 14th 2022 1pm |
| Three practical activities that could start today: 1. Spend time in nature. 2. Reduce online time drastically. 3. One of these: Play an instrument for 20 minutes. Read and contemplate old mythology and symbolism. Do 20 minutes of Tai Chi. Do something creative like writing a... Sun, Nov 13th 2022 9am |
| Looking at parallels between modern day America and the 13th century powerful City-State of Florence. Thanks for listening! Fri, Nov 11th 2022 9am |
| An introductory episode for the Burning Phoenix Podcast, about how we will be drawing from the perspectives of Dr. Iain McGilchrist, Dante Alighieri, and Historian John Strickland on this podcast - to better understand the deeper patterns and trends of the last 3,000 years of European history,... Wed, Nov 9th 2022 9am |
| "The Aspirations of Changing and Controlling Truth" How trying to control and subjugate the Truth is expressed in Ancient Traditions. Join the conversation here: |
