To Google, the famous Search Engine and Internet Empire, it is as if the Internet Archive, the biggest collection of digitized books and other digitized documents in the world, simply does not exist — or, to put it more precisely, Google is pretending not to know about Archive.org, the world’s biggest library, overflowing with all…
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Letter of Recommendation from Mihran Rovelli, an Italian friend of mine
Arch. Mihran Rovelli Via Guanella 922100 ComoItaly Como, 20 august 2014 Professional reccomendation letter about Mr. Edmund Schilvold Dear Sirs, I write you to inform you about my experience with Edmund Schilvold. I met Edmund during a university course we were both attending in Sydney, Australia. Since when we became friends, we realised to share…
Plato’s famous crucified Just Man – the real inspiration underlying the Christian crucifixion narrative (as we now have it), or a supernatural Socratic–Platonic prophesy?
Plato’s famous crucified Just Man – the real inspiration underlying the Christian crucifixion narrative (as we now have it), or a supernatural Socratic–Platonic prophesy predicting the fate of Jesus, the Righteous Notzri/Nazarene? (Easter; Resurrection Day) Below is the famous passage, in Allan Bloom’s literal translation (digitized by the undersigned), as well as the fascinating context:…
Reflections on the “Historicity” of Jesus Christ (Part One, Palm Sunday)
It is probably one of the most important questions a historian of the “West” can ask – due to the implications of whatever the truth of the matter is –, yet one of the most difficult to solve conclusively: Did the Jesus (Greek: Iesous) of the Christian gospels, or someone more or less like him,…
Jesus (Christ), the «Nootz(e)ri» or «Nazarene» – who was he, what did he stand for, and how did he die?
Jesus (Christ), the «Nootz(e)ri» or «Nazarene» – who was he, what did he (really) stand for, and how did he die? Original title of this article: Exploring the potential meanings of Notzri / Notzeri and ha-Notzri / ha/Notzeri by consulting with Madame Helena Blavatsky – a sincere admirer of Christ (Easter; Maundy Thursday) In the…
The Recurring Synchronicities of Numbers
After the post in December dealing with Plutarch’s reflections on the nature(s) of Good and Evil, I thought I would inaugurate the New Year on a somewhat lighter note — and yes, I am starting my New Year now, after twenty days of Christmas and seven of a dreadful influenza. That note consists in numbers,…
Et lite utvalg tilbakemeldinger fra året 2010 (wow 🥹)
Imagine suddenly being called up by an 82 year old woman whom you have never spoken to before, and told by that woman that «I am so happy that you exist». Well, that happened to me today. She has read my book on the island of Jeloy, and a few days ago, she read a letter to…
Håndskrevet brev fra leser av Jeløy-boken 🤗
Sendt 8. november 2010 Ingvild Berntsen 0591 Oslo Kjære Edmund Schilvold For en tid siden fikk jeg din vakre Jeløy-bok i gave. Jeg så på bildene (så nydelige), og ville lese teksten noe senere … Nå har ”senere” kommet, og jeg takker deg så inderlig for dine nydelige skildringer av Jeløy-naturen. Jeg er født og…
”Det er i motbakkene at det går oppover” – et tilbud om livshjelp og coaching
Er du på et vanskelig sted i livet? Eller synes du bare at tilværelsen er utfordrende? Føler du behov for å snakke med noen som kan hjelpe deg å rydde opp i tankene dine, eller som kan gi deg et nytt og bedre perspektiv på livet? Jeg er utdannet teolog/filosof, har skrevet flere bøker og…
Christmas reflections on Good and Evil, Darkness and Light, with theological quotes from Plutarch
On this December 27th – which is the Third Day of Christmas here where I am – when the Incarnation of the Sun in Time (i.e. of the Great Luminary of the Spiritual Realm, Plato’s Only-Begotten «Child» of the Father, who never began to be, but simply is) still appears to be struggling against the…
Reflections on the Spiritual Significance of the Winter Solstice
Today is December 21, a highly significant date here in Scandinavia and in other places in the world far to the north. The reason is, of course, that this is the date of the Winter Solstice, or of “Vinter-sol-verv”, as it is called in Norwegian, and of all the ancient traditions and celebrations associated with…
On Atlantis – the Reality and the Psychosis, and what it means for Plato and for Genesis (graph)
As a historian – and I do consider myself one – I tend to look for two distinct features in the data I peruse: Patterns and limits. Both of these excite my interest like few other topics, and both of these may only be adequately identified and gauged and ascertained once vast amounts of data,…
Porphyry’s revealing tribute to Plotinus
Have you ever read Porphyry’s beautiful tribute to his Master and Guru, the wonderful Plotinus; the Platonic Philosopher-Mystic of whom the famous ancient literary critic Longinus admiringly said «set the principles of Pythagoras and of Plato in a clearer light than anyone before him» (and who may have been a close friend of Origen)? You…
On my thesis research into the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo
As I am going through my master’s thesis, four years after its completion, in order to make some minor corrections, and recalling the for me momentous, and at times almost ecstatic experience the process of composing it was, I would reiterate that some of the most striking discoveries I made when doing the research on…
Creation out of Nothing as Ineffable Emanations from a Divine «No-Thing»
Is this (please see below) one of the greatest descriptions of the mysterious process of continual “Creation” by way of an ongoing process of Emanation ever composed by a Christian? I would say it is. I have been reading and analyzing John Scotus Eriugena’s magnum opus, the dialogue that is his Periphyseon, on and off…
The enigmatic Huqoq Mosaic – whom does it really depict?
Discovered in the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Galilee in 2012/2013, this stunning scene, part of a series of unusually well-preserved mosaics adorning the floors of a synagogue dated to the 400s A.D., has been surmised to depict a meeting between Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem, many centuries before, but…
Edmund Schilvold: Skribent, fotograf, filosof, friluftsentusiast 