elementals at Harvard Div School?

hardly.
as centennials of lectures by Steiner pass by
it is anachronistically late for the vague mythic concepts by those "anthroposophists" "lecturing" to a 'spirit and sustainable ag' conference on "elementals" to be imagined -- or taken -- as serious.
but as no one else seemed dismayed or annoyed...
I left.

Steiner and Tolkien

Christianity as mystical fact
Christianity as mythical fact

sub specie ??

the mind and lectures in this region of learning, even about "religious topics", are given sub specie scientiae
not aeternitatis

not even sub specie ?

the heliological proof of God

the sunrise-sunset proof of the existence of God
more aptly called the helioaesthetic proof of God's existence
popular, Romantic
eg.:

academia is

a seriously-limiting mental condition for most trained by and in it

Goodbye God?

Goodbye: salutation in parting, also goodbye, good bye, good-by, 1590s, from godbwye (1570s), a contraction of God be with ye (late 14c.)

PS Replaced by Good Buy?

deicide in the market?

deicide as diagnosed by Nietzsche's madman in the market?

or blithe indifference?

RIP American Antisopher

the passing of the American "philosopher" Hilary Putnam is in reality closer to the death of an antisopher (with no personal disparagement intended)

PHIL 101: philosophy is not love of R/reason

a lecture last night by a well-known, well-published author "philosopher" was such a confused, chaotic "mess" that, apparently, the basic requires restating:
philosophy is about wisdom of being in the world, not intelligent (chaotic or clear) reasoning within academia

the Bible as magic mirror?

far in space from the the Bible Belt (Mencken) and in time from Higher Criticism, two sincere women talking nearby -- one the Biblically-oriented divorce counselor -- are attempting to understand, and approach resolution of, a divorce by eg employing specific passages of the Bible and what God and moral qualms suggest

manly?

manners dominating the man

Huxley < = > Orwell

Huxley warned of heaven, Orwell warned of Hell

the myths we dream by

most live in what one could clearly describe as lingering religious/philosophical fogs

theographies

theologians write theogonies, theodices and theographies that help explain and console their own biographies

marionettes of doctrines

most Christians live as if suspended inside by their beliefs

philosophy of history?

better and deeper an ontosophy

Bronson Alcott's "Higher Criticism" is...

child's play