A few weeks ago in a grocery store I saw a man wearing a shirt that said: “Your actions define who you are.” What came to mind was what James Allen countered with: “The aphorism, ‘As a man thinketh in his heart so is he,’ not only embraces the whole of a man’s being, but … Continue reading What Hovers Over the Waters
Month: April 2026
Three Temptations
In 1938 the Catholic esotericist Valentin Tomberg gave a series of seven lectures on inner development, his fifth lecture being on Christ’s temptations in the wilderness. The devil’s three temptations in reverse order of Matthew’s Gospel account are as follows:1. The world and its glories, if he worships him2. Testing God by jumping from the … Continue reading Three Temptations
Sum Ergo Oro 