A psalm of earnest supplication.
The psalmist cries to God for mercy and protection, fearing to be dragged down with the wicked.
He asks that justice fall upon evildoers but rejoices in the Lord’s help, ending with a benediction:
“Salvum fac populum tuum, et benedic hereditati tuae.”
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A confident declaration of trust in God.
The psalmist faces fear, danger, and false witnesses, yet clings to faith.
He asks to dwell in God’s house, to behold His beauty, and to be taught His way.
The tone moves from courage to prayer, ending with patient hope: “Expecta Dominum.”
When Simon Webb recently quoted Pearse’s lines — “Tara is grass, and behold how Troy lieth low…” — he did so to mourn what he sees as the slow decay of Western culture. In that sense, Pearse’s poem has proved truly prophetic, for its vision reaches far beyond Ireland: it speaks to the mortality of all empires and the melancholy knowledge that no civilisation, however noble, endures forever. Yet where Webb sees decline, Pearse discerned renewal — the passing of one order making way for another. His “fool” is not the cynic who despairs, but the dreamer who dares to hope that through loss something sacred may still be born.
Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) was a Czech composer and pianist known for his distinctive blend of classical, jazz, and avant-garde styles. He was born in Prague and was of Jewish descent. His career was tragically cut short by the rise of Nazi Germany; declared a “degenerate” artist, he was later arrested and deported to a concentration camp, where he died in 1942. Schulhoff’s music, rediscovered posthumously, remains a testament to his innovative spirit and resilience amid persecution.
A historical and psychological journey through the making of biblical literalism — how faith that once saw Scripture as symbol and wisdom became bound to words on a page. This essay traces the shift from Origen and Augustine to American fundamentalism, revealing how the need for certainty replaced the quest for understanding.
Modern evangelicalism is not an ancient faith but a twentieth-century invention. Born in the anxiety of 1930s America, it fused personal emotion, mass media, and nationalism into a new religious identity. What began as revival became a system of control — replacing faith as awareness with belief as submission.
The Christian God is not the Father we never had, but the Father we must become. This essay explores how Jesus’ teaching can be read as a psychological process of inner reconciliation — a journey from dependency to awareness, from outer authority to inner wholeness.
Tags: Jesus, theology, psychology, Jung, Tillich, Bultmann, Bonhoeffer, consciousness, metanoia, inner life
A reflective essay on how early patterns of love and fear shape adult life. From Hemingway and D. H. Lawrence to the words of Jesus, it explores how we learn courage, how dependence becomes maturity, and how the “kingdom of heaven within” points to self-knowledge rather than belief.
A meditation on how intellectual orthodoxy silences discovery—from Bruno’s pyre to Chomsky’s lecture hall—and why the courage to consider the improbable is the first condition of truth.
A meditation on the evolution of consciousness in Christian thought — from Paul’s “unknown God” to Jesus’ vision of the divine within — exploring how faith, philosophy, and awareness converge in the search for unity with the living spirit.