Matthew Mazza
@matt_mazza14
MTS Theology and Philosophy | Catholic at the intersection of esotericism, the arts, and science
Sophia is that divine openness - the kenosis of the logos emptying out and making way for the other - from eternity. We can then participate in God’s creative work. She’s not a person in the Trinity. Her glory - like the Shekinah - reveals the creativity and generativity of God.
Been pondering the back thing with Notre Dame
Been spending my days pondering the mystery of existence.
The Catholic Renaissance strove for the marriage of Neoplatonism and Hermeticism with Christian humanism. Striving for a universal wisdom that would unite and harmonize culture and society, its heart continues to beat in the catacombs of history towards a continuous unveiling.
The return of the prodigal is the eschatological turning of lead into gold
the fallen angel and the son of god
The work of Christian apatheia is not to become “passionless” but to cast aside the passions of the will that are enslaved to mere volition. With purity of heart, passion is properly oriented and open toward God and the other - love is where true freedom lies.
“The proof of apatheia is had when the spirit begins to see its own light, when it remains in a state of tranquility in the presence of the images it has during sleep and when it maintains its calm as it beholds the affairs of life.” - Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos
“The proof of apatheia is had when the spirit begins to see its own light, when it remains in a state of tranquility in the presence of the images it has during sleep and when it maintains its calm as it beholds the affairs of life.” - Evagrius Ponticus, The Praktikos
"Understand that you are another world in miniature and that there is within you the sun, the moon, and the stars...Do you doubt that the sun and the moon are within you to whom it is said that you are the light of the world?" - St. Origen of Alexandria, Homily 5 on Leviticus
"We dream of traveling through the universe—but is not the universe within ourselves? The depths of our spirit are unknown to us—the mysterious way leads inwards." --- Novalis, Philosophical Writings.
“When Origen said that Christ will remain on the cross so long as a single creature remains in hell, he expressed an eternal truth.” - Nikolai Berdyaev
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:30) The Way can only ever lead to harmony between the head and the heart - the balance to discern between mirage and Truth. When the soul’s journey is aligned, concentration becomes effortless and work becomes play.
the thing with Pet Sounds is that basically every single song on it has literally happened to me except for Sloop John B which has absolutely happened to me metaphorically