October Members' Episode

Civilization and simplicity

From my now-retired 2021’s exclusive member site for paid members today:

Today we get to think together about our higher calling, and the interaction between the nobility we are called to, the building of a true civilization, and the characteristic of simplicity that often accompanies these realities.

I share a song of mine based around the well-known phrase attributed to Juvenal--"circuses & bread"--share a little from Yeats, sing a hymn, and share some extended thoughts on the difference between living by self-preservation and distraction or by the nobler calling to virtue, self-sacrifice, and awareness of who we