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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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