Tag Archives: Lucas Cranach the Elder

finding eve: eternal mantle of the clouds

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave

C.S. Lewis, the Apostle to the Skeptics. The man who admitted that god was god and became “the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England.” With his space trilogy, he became the Christian spaceman… In contrast to our … Continue reading →

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onward christian spacemen: the turning of the screwtape

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave

C.S. Lewis was an English man of letters who made theology a form of entertainment in The Screwtape Letters, then with his space trilogy theology went astral… The overwhelming distances of astronomy, which leaves the human helpless in the presence … Continue reading →

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gnostic picnic with the guy in the armor

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dave

Yahweh and nihilism. Nothing like a nice flood or some other event to wipe the slate clean and make a fresh start. Turning the mattress over. Putting the world through the deep scrub dishwasher cycle.Clearly, Harold Bloom and his Yahweh … Continue reading →

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perilous exile to zimzum

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Dave

An inherently tormented and anguished Yahweh in a contradictory and self-absorbed rage over a broken creation. Is it a blasphemous, unhinged, theologically devoid and guilty of moral turpitude theory has our religious experience been as uncanny, intense and extreme as … Continue reading →

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when the saints come marching in

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Dave

Friends of poverty. Suffering as a gift of god? The context for Hitchens attack on Mother Teresa was certainly sensational, down the sexual innuendo of the title Missionary Position. But, the broader context of Mother Teresa and the role charity … Continue reading →

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the collector: “our Hermann”

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Dave

Or so he was called by the die-hards. Hermann Goering functioned as a leading symbol of all the perversity modernity could bring to bear and a living 3-D demonstration of the power of instrumental reason over our lives. The Nuremberg … Continue reading →

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forever young: eternal trial

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dave

Eternal youth. Immortality.The eternal life sweepstakes. Is it the brainwave entertainment industry, or a periodical foray by big pharma? “EASY, RELAXING, 100% SAFE, PROVEN, GUARANTEED, BUY NOW …”Order Yours Now And Receive The Mind Power Bonus”. Well, if laboratory mice … Continue reading →

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plastic fantastic: you look fabulous!

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dave

Carefully structured violence packaged and passed off as spontaneous beauty, reproductions of the divine mean as a reflection of that inner you. Everyone is a Venus. What is the alternative? The aesthetic condemnation of the ugly as a symptomatic expression … Continue reading →

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wayfaring women: the prodigal daughters

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dave

Most conflicts seem very complex; the origins are rooted so deep in time that resolution is akin to staring into an abyss and engaging in a dialogue with something vague and furtive staring back: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The … Continue reading →

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the fallen: paradox of the soul

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Dave

The Belgian film Hasta La Vista, about three disabled young men on a road trip in Spain’s wine country to lose their virginity in a specialty bordello, has been getting some critical acclaim, most notably, the grand prize  at the … Continue reading →

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