red vacation

update this sucks

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logging reread from august

old man yells at cloud (being an unidentified flying object that is actually a demon manifesting itself to man in an understandable form in order to effect spiritual confusion to bring the world into a universal religious consciousness, thus preparing the way for the reign of the antichrist)

probably the historical/religious/philosophical/political/etc./etc. nonfiction epic of our time. taylor puts you in a cultural hall of mirrors of the last 500 years and tells us that we never, ever lose anything, especially not our past.

secular humanist mormon writes a mystery book about deducing the behavior of an alien species

EAMON DE VALERA

maybe 5 stars? idk ill have to think on it

virtuoso writing used to lay bare american culture and give us a path out of spiritual deadlock

this advice has, unfortunately, not been heeded

kino.

clean and concise practical book on how to read books in such a way that it increases your understanding (not just knowledge!). doesnt overstep its goals much at all, and i can imagine most aspirant scholars benefiting from this book.

the Imitation for the intellectual vocation, yet also an entirely practical handbook. contains the most profound chapter on notetaking.

paul was a mythical character

this book claims to have this lofty goal of showing how art influences politics, it doesnt really explore that thesis very well, but it accomplishes its secret true goal of exonerating wagner from being the “hitler composer”. this is honestly a pretty important thing to do because wagner is a once-in-a-century talent that people get scared of when you mention him because some nazi character in a movie played “tristan” on his phonograph or whatever.

unfortunately the book doesnt flow very well, kind of feeling more like a laundry list of various artworks and stories that were influenced by wagner, rather than really try to elegantly explore its thesis of art and politics. but, lots of good stories anyways. the author unfortunately shoots himself in the foot by speculating on the homosexuality of virtually every historical figure ever after a certain point in the book, which ranges from annoying to extremely upsetting in various circumstances.

why did i read this
cool illustrations though

good inasmuch as it is a summary of theology of the body. west's style and commentaries do little

nice people or new men?

becoming a lay deleuzian monk

jesus christ metaxas is such a fuckin hack
le meanie catholic church was selling tickets to heaven >:(
thankfully martin luther, a stable man with very normal views on jewish people, saved the day!!!!
martin luther fought for the invisible hand of the market!!!!!!! (im not joking he actually says this)
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/martin-luther-rediscovered-god/
^ oh yea also it's completely historically and theologically illiterate

yea the death drive is definitely real

yooo

first half took 9 months to read, second half was 3 days
when the

st thomas aquinas when i go back in time and show him object oriented programming

coole

read throughout the year

oh yeah i forgot to tell you guys but i be in MAD ecstatic mystical union, like dog, i am completely united in raptures you know what i meaaaaaaan