Metropolis, 1927 To a great extent, mystery is desired by man. It is not that he cannot understand, or enter into, or grasp mystery, but that he does not desire to do so. The sacred is what man decides unconsciously to respect. The taboo becomes compelling from a social standpoint, but there is always a…… Continue reading Technology & the Sacred
Month: January 2022
Nature, Sin, & Commodity Culture
On the contrast between Renaissance and Reformation attitudes about nature and sin, after reading Ioan P. Couliano’s Eros and Magic in The Renaissance: The idea of liberty, which allowed man to belong to the higher beings, ends by becoming a crushing burden, for there are no longer any points of reference… To read the “book of…… Continue reading Nature, Sin, & Commodity Culture