0:32 Toynbee and the inner life of history 1:52 Roman roads and the emergence of Christianity 4:35 Dante as an example of the exile who renews 6:28 The axial figures and civilisational change 8:24 Today and the allure of technological fixes 9:50 Beyond western Christianity and materialist philosophy 12:27 The guidance of Dante and William Blake 14:41 Golgonooza, Los and facing the Furnaces of affliction 17:01 Destruction and the renewal of inner vision 18:57 History, virtue and relating again to nature 20:47 Mistakes and forgiveness: rebuilding inner wisdom
Hey guys, please check out my review of the first VI vols of Toynbee's A Study of History. Great video Mark! We need to bring Toynbee back into fashion!
Los creates Enitharmon (Pity). When I read that in the First Book of Urizen, I didn't understand it. Now listening to your works, reading The Divine Comedy, I see now Los creates Pity with this feverish enthusiasm, just as he creates the grotesque Urizen. I felt bad for Los before, but now I see, it is all in the good of the creative spirit. If we can accept that we create the "bad" and the "good" then perhaps we can stop being so self righteous.
I know what you mean, though in a funny way feel it’s become marginalised because it struggles to differentiate itself from the general ethical tone and spirit of the modern world. The NHS is the Good Samaritan, morally understood, in institutional form. Christians often seem obsessed with proving their faith as if were a proposition. The concern with church growth feels like a form of spiritual materialism. The response to climate change is in terms of care and justice, which isn’t bad, of course, but is not that different from what many secular folk would aspire to…
