Heavy Things Lightly

This “Enlightened” New World utopia isn’t turning out to be all it was cracked up to be. Society is disenchanting, but are the only alternatives hiding out in the hills or burying yourself in books? With an air of levity and a touch of humor, John Heers teaches how to examine the confusing New World by calling upon the mind and wisdom of oft-forgotten Old. Heavy Things, Lightly.

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Marriage, Gay Marriage and Body Parts

In this episode John takes a deeper look at the symbolic manifestations of man and woman in architecture, how it relates to the Old World understanding of marriage, and how the love match began to change all that. It's a fascinating ride from ancient Egypt, through the Victorian age with Jane Austin, up until the present where we get to all the confusion surrounding gay marriage. Further Reading: On Obelisks , NOTED Jane Austin's Guide to Happily Ever After "What Would The Greeks Have Thought Ab...

Jul 07, 2020•32 min

Marriage & Love So Fine

Much of today's show is culled from experiences with married folks in West Africa, Guatemala and the Caucuses. Those marriages and those people, including lovely couples who have come and shared their Hindu arranged married stories with me in an academic setting, create the fodder for today's conversation. For more on this, join us for trip to the old world. Once COVID finds its way past, we will again be taking people to visit our friends in the places where we work. Come along and learn as we ...

Jun 30, 2020•32 min

Venmo Race Reparations and the Heart

Personal race reparations using Venmo? What are the payments for and why is this happening? And where is it coming from? The head? The heart? Or somewhere else... With an "Old World" lens I'll try to make sense of contemporary phenomena. To learn more about John Heers and First Things Foundation visit first-things.org . And also, think about working for us! You might just end up finding your way out of the Matrix and into a most wonderful and tumultuous version of yourself. Please rate the podca...

Jun 23, 2020•40 min

Let's Talk about Race

Support this channel: first-things.org/donate How did we get to where we are? To make sense of the death of George Floyd and the riots and protests, I walk us back to the Enlightenment and the origins of Western Civilization. Phillip Sherrard's, Rape of Man and Nature is my guide for this episode. To learn more about John Heers and First Things Foundation visit first-things.org . And also, think about working for us! You might just end up finding your way out of the Matrix and into a most wonder...

Jun 11, 2020•43 min

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