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…

Les mer

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…

Les mer

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…

Les mer

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…

Les mer

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…

Les mer

”Øyne som kan se” – et kurs i Gode Bilder (Rogaland)

Ønsker du deg et fotokurs som handler mer om gode bilder enn om den siste teknologien? Som gir deg tips til hvordan du kan oppdage motiver, utnytte det naturlige lyset og forbedre komposisjonene dine? Da kan kanskje dette kurset over en enkelt dag, ute i naturen og de store landskapene i Rogaland, være noe for…

Les mer

Omtaler av den første boken min (en gigantisk suksess)

De fleste av disse bokomtalene er ikke lengre å finne på det vanlige Internettet, slik de en gang var — delvis fordi Moss Dagblad, hvis nettutgave noen av dem ble publisert i, ble lagt ned høsten 2008, og delvis fordi de aldri ble republisert senere, slik noen andre av de gamle sakene etterhvert ble (noe…

Les mer

Dagens vedvarende tanke / Today’s persistent thought

20 March 2024: Like most other people, I have made many mistakes, been entranced by many a popular misconception, and been stiff-necked in my naiveté and ignorance at times, but, unlike many of the incarnated beings of this present Age, I will be able to say, when I meet my Pilot Face to Face (as…

Les mer

Mye av norsk vindkraft-utbygging utgjør kriminelle handlinger – muliggjort av klimahysteriet!

Edmund Schilvold Teolog (M.Th.) Forfatter Tidligere journalist og fotograf                                             Rogaland, 1. aug. 2021 (oppdatert i mars 2024) Skatteetaten Samt alle andre dette måtte vedkomme Innspill til høring – ”avgift på landbasert vindkraft” (referanse 2021/1129) Under følger en noe modifisert utgave av en artikkel skrevet av undertegnede i oktober 2020, som først og fremst tar for…

Les mer