21 Dec 2013
Posted by victor as Alfred de Vigny, Alfred de Vigny, Discussion and Mind-Probing, Poetry analyzed, Psychology of religious belief
Christ Asks God-Father To Let Him Complete His Mission And Says That His Premature Death Will Create A False Meaning of His Redemption The Mount of Olives Then it was night, and Jesus walked alone, dressed in white like a dead man in his shroud; the disciples were asleep at the foot of the hill. […]
04 Dec 2013
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Paintings, sculptures and drawings analyzed, Psychology of religious belief, Roberto Matta, Roberto Matta
A Psychological Deconstruction Of Theology Of Crucifixion Christian town of Maloula in the mountains 20 miles north-west of Damascus… is the only place where Western Aramaic, the language of Jesus, is still spoken… Maloula used to be one of the safer places in Syria for Christians… But today many already fled. Their priests and bishops […]
13 Jul 2013
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Psychology of religious belief, Sociological essays, The Magic Helpers, The Magic Helpers
The Obvious And Not So Obvious Angels, Spirits, Presences and Beings Without Which We cannot live Mother for baby is such a protective and life-enhancing Presence (the difference between the presence nearby of a regular object and Presence of a super-object is that the latter we feel as presence around us, not just nearby). It […]
22 Jun 2013
Posted by victor as “Winter Light” by Ingmar Bergman, Discussion and Mind-Probing, Films (and stills from the films) analyzed, Ingmar Bergman, Psychology of religious belief
When “God” Is Locked Above Life … Every church nods to doubt but has little to say to despair. Churches speak of joy but make no room for its expression… Despair is Christ on the cross. Joy is the Holy Spirit, disfiguring every form that purports to know God. The Christian Century, June 12, 2013, […]
27 Apr 2013
Posted by victor as Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard, Films (and stills from the films) analyzed, Jean-Luc Godard, Psychology of religious belief
Human Need For Association With Gods As A Result Of Problems In Relations Between People Creatively exuberant trailer of “Contempt” Style is a matter of meaning. JLG … to try to film a thought in action JLG “Contempt” is a simple film about complicated ideas. JLG Style and content are one. Technique has to do […]
13 Apr 2013
Posted by victor as Belief – Its Versatile Contents and its Psychological “Form”, Belief – Its Versatile Contents and its Psychological “Form”, Psychology of religious belief, Sociological essays
Notes on Cognitive Function of Belief The unconscious was invented to relieve hysteric of the non-congruence between excitability and cognition. By way of this “other scene”, the non-time of the drive is metabolized into representations and primary processes, still outside time, but able to be formulated in temporal conscious representations. This always incomplete translatability invites […]
01 Oct 2012
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Photographic art and posters analyzed, Psychology of religious belief, Why Bishops Attend A Nazi Public Event?, Why Catholic Bishops Attend A Nazi Public Event
Is Collaboration with a (Violent) Totalitarian Power a Sin and the Vice (Or Even a Moral Crime) of the Church? Catholic bishops attend a Nazi rally This important photo from the historical archives shows how conformist the Church is in relation to those who have absolute – totalitarian power over human society in a particular […]
15 Sep 2012
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, In Vain, With My Eyes As With Nail, Marina Tsvetaeva, Poetry analyzed, Psychology of religious belief
God of Religious Ideology (Of Belief) and God of the Living Heart In vain, with my eyes as with nail I penetrate the deepest soil: I understand more clear than nail: You are not here – and not here. In vain while circling with my eyes I search the heaven of the sky: Rain! – […]