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6/30/2025, 2:10:44 PM
>>24508359
Beowulf versus William Stace's Man Against Darkness is another good comparison. Both very Anglo in a way (what became Anglo culture). But the point of Beowulf is that, at best, the truly mighty can only hold back the darkness for a few decades. Stace's project also seems to have collapsed; Enlightenment procedural reason wed to athiesm cannot ground society, it collapsed under the weight of its own finitude instead of being pulled upwards (upwards like the vaulting ceilings of cathedrals built over generations, an unthinkable timescale for neoliberalism).
But I think a subtext in Beowulf is that "Christ does better." In the end, he sweeps away the darkness whole cloth, with his incomparable glory, and draws all creation up to himself.
But to stay on topic, >>24505984
all of pic related are good. Mind's Journey is great but not super accessible. I really like William Harmless' Mystics, which covers it, Eckhart, Merton, Hildegard, etc. It's out of print, but there is always Anna's and Libgen. Light from Light is another good anthology, but Harmless is better at giving context.
Beowulf versus William Stace's Man Against Darkness is another good comparison. Both very Anglo in a way (what became Anglo culture). But the point of Beowulf is that, at best, the truly mighty can only hold back the darkness for a few decades. Stace's project also seems to have collapsed; Enlightenment procedural reason wed to athiesm cannot ground society, it collapsed under the weight of its own finitude instead of being pulled upwards (upwards like the vaulting ceilings of cathedrals built over generations, an unthinkable timescale for neoliberalism).
But I think a subtext in Beowulf is that "Christ does better." In the end, he sweeps away the darkness whole cloth, with his incomparable glory, and draws all creation up to himself.
But to stay on topic, >>24505984
all of pic related are good. Mind's Journey is great but not super accessible. I really like William Harmless' Mystics, which covers it, Eckhart, Merton, Hildegard, etc. It's out of print, but there is always Anna's and Libgen. Light from Light is another good anthology, but Harmless is better at giving context.
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