Excellent piece. I'm reading "Living in Wonder" now, and the occult chapters caused me to begin re-reading The Screwtape Letters. I came across the below quote (which caused me to write my own short substack article) that was frighteningly prescient:
"If once we can produce our perfect work the Materialist Magician, the man, not using, but veritably worshipping, what he vaguely calls "Forces" while denying the existence of "spirits" then the end of the war will be in sight."
Most excellent Sir. Thank you so much for putting these thoughts and analysis into your Substack. I am an Orthodox catechumen and writings like this bolster my understanding and journey. 🙏☦️
Thanks. I always liked computers when they were toys. But with the rise of the internet etc. I'm beginning to feel more like this. They're almost like porn themselves: designed to entrap you, and might well be treated as demonic; at least so easily a tool of the demonic as to be best avoided.
So too are all of his/her actions, especially when collectively magnified with our now powerful technology which has enabled us to destroy ourselves and the bio-sphere too.
Which is of course what we are doing.
Collectively sinners always (inevitably) create hell on earth.
This is so good. Thank you!
Excellent piece. I'm reading "Living in Wonder" now, and the occult chapters caused me to begin re-reading The Screwtape Letters. I came across the below quote (which caused me to write my own short substack article) that was frighteningly prescient:
"If once we can produce our perfect work the Materialist Magician, the man, not using, but veritably worshipping, what he vaguely calls "Forces" while denying the existence of "spirits" then the end of the war will be in sight."
The Screwtape Letters is one of my favorites. Very worth the reread.
Most excellent Sir. Thank you so much for putting these thoughts and analysis into your Substack. I am an Orthodox catechumen and writings like this bolster my understanding and journey. 🙏☦️
God bless you!
Thanks. I always liked computers when they were toys. But with the rise of the internet etc. I'm beginning to feel more like this. They're almost like porn themselves: designed to entrap you, and might well be treated as demonic; at least so easily a tool of the demonic as to be best avoided.
The demon in the machine has many names.
One of them is the "sinner".
The wages of sinners are death.
So too are all of his/her actions, especially when collectively magnified with our now powerful technology which has enabled us to destroy ourselves and the bio-sphere too.
Which is of course what we are doing.
Collectively sinners always (inevitably) create hell on earth.
Have you read the news!