Great writing. Have you come across Tombergs 'tower and tree' idea?
"Our principal danger (if not the only true danger) is that of preferring the role of "builders of the tower of Babel" (no matter whether personally or in a community) to watching over "as gardeners or vine-growers the garden or the vine of the Lord". Truth to tell, the only truly morally founded reason for keeping esotericism "esoteric", i.e. for not bringing it to the broad light of day and popularising it, is the danger of the great misunderstanding of confusing the tower with the tree, as a consequence of which "masons" will be recruited instead of "gardeners" — Tomberg
Puddleglum’s speech to the queen is my favorite exchange in all the chronicles! Great post and great points.
Thank you, Brian!
A sword and a trowel; the tools in Nehemiah's time as the rebuilding of Jerusalem was under way.
We must offer an alternate, a better idea, a more beautiful future.
Amen, Jason!
Great writing. Have you come across Tombergs 'tower and tree' idea?
"Our principal danger (if not the only true danger) is that of preferring the role of "builders of the tower of Babel" (no matter whether personally or in a community) to watching over "as gardeners or vine-growers the garden or the vine of the Lord". Truth to tell, the only truly morally founded reason for keeping esotericism "esoteric", i.e. for not bringing it to the broad light of day and popularising it, is the danger of the great misunderstanding of confusing the tower with the tree, as a consequence of which "masons" will be recruited instead of "gardeners" — Tomberg
On a spiritual retreat on 1/6, the words I heard in my soul were beauty and mystery and awe, as in “The awe of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”.
Thank you for the warning that we should not become destroyers ourselves