|
John Dunn
|
John Dunn original writing
Shoot down the albatross
Why did Dante chose Virgil to guide him out of Hell? There are many theories, but mine is this - that in Virgil’s Eclogues a defiant Gallus defies the gods and reason with the words ‘Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori’ - ‘Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love’.
If my guides did not wholly explore the infinite depths of this simple truth, they at least possessed a shared motivation, which was to save the individual sovereign self from Spinoza’s grip on modern thought, even if they did not fully escape themselves. I learnt from these encounters that the all- conquering power of love will overcome kabbalistic Tikkun and Spinozism. Consciousness and new life will overcome the death of the self. To know this is to reject idolatry, shoot down the albatross of necessity and abandon the ship of fools.
And what is the answer to the Grail question? Once more John, be my guide.
‘Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God’ (1 John 3:1)
Child of encounter; son of LOVE.
From Child of Encounter
© John Dunn.
|
From the archive:
Mark’s Gospel as Greek tragedy
|
|
Endeavour is all
Our potential for freedom lies in our successful reinstatement of the active, creative and intuitive “I” back into the process of thinking, and so back into the otherwise dead world around us.
John Dunn.
|
|
Just a thought:
The Empire would not tolerate the beliefs of Jesus’ first followers, steeped in the stoicism of the Hellenised Galilee and Decapolis of Jesus’ youth. John Dunn (Renaissance: Counter-Renaissance)
|
|
The Oxford to Cambridge Arc 6
Further additions to the project, starting with Herman Moll's alternative to the Buckingham and Bedford route.
John Dunn
|
|
|
|
Highways and Byways with Dr John Dunn
YouTube Channel
In search of the historical, quirky and unusual features of the English countryside as seen from the saddle.
Join me as I follow maps, park up and take a look around. CLICK HERE
“Seeking out historical places of interest has given me wonderful motorcycling opportunities over the years… roads and little lanes, through a variety of landscapes that bear the scars, marks and imprints of those that have trodden, worked and fought on the land before us.”
“Any excursion, whether it be by motorcycle, car, bicycle or on foot, is always better for having an object, or goal in mind. I could take no pleasure in riding around just for the sake of it. There has to be a mission.”
“I ride my motorcycle to seek out things ancient, quirky and monumental, taking in the views, and ‘reading’ the landscape,its geology and history, as I do so.”
Original commentary to all videos researched, written and read by John Dunn.
© John Dunn.
|
|
You are visitor number 1142699
|
|
|
|