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Shawn Ryan On Spiritual Risk Of Psychedelics
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (99+ words) roddreher.substack.com Shawn Ryan On Spiritual Risk Of Psychedelics And: Why The AfD?; Rave In The Nave; Crazy Clancy Jury; AI Doomer; Aztecs Part II The popular podcaster Shawn Ryan has the traditionalist Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke on for…...
Dolly: Suffering, Compassion, And Resilience
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1646+ words) My body shuts down when it’s under deep stress. I was so shell-shocked by it all that I fell asleep on the couch at 5pm Friday, and woke up at 5am Saturday. Unless I dodge a bullet this time, I will be…...
Authority, Modernity, & Church Disintegration
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (681+ words) (Yes, this is the second early Diary you’ve had in a row. Don’t get comfortable, my dears! I wrote this one last night, because I’m traveling this morning.) Boy, I can’t recommend strongly enough Yale historian Carlos Eire’s thick book…...
Vatican: The Real Enemy Is SSPX
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (81+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary Vatican: The Real Enemy Is SSPX The Symbolism of Rome's Excommunication Of Traditionalists Woke up to the news this morning that the Vatican has excommunicated everyone in the Society of St. Pius X — bishops, priests, and lay…...
'Disclosure Day': A Gnostic Re-Enchantment Tale
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1575+ words) On Saturday night I saw Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. Reviews have been generally positive, though audience reaction is more mixed. It was startling to see a big suburban theater on opening weekend, the first showing Saturday night of a much-hyped…...
A Butterfly Wing In A Parking Lot
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (103+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary A Butterfly Wing In A Parking Lot And: Surprise! Belfast Blows Up In Evil Violence Good morning from Starhill, spiritual capital of my clan. Thank you for all who prayed and are praying for my mother. The…...
Sorry, Pope Leo, You Missed What AI Is
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (40+ words) Rod Dreher's Diary Sorry, Pope Leo, You Missed What AI Is And: Avant-Garde PCUSA; A Catholic Hero; Orthodox Burnout; Henry Nowak Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Rod Dreher....
Who's Tool Is AI Anyway?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (527+ words) Today will be all about finding an apartment, yet despite the stress, I feel strangely relaxed. I don’t know why. For reasons I cannot fathom, it feels right to be here … which is odd, because I don’t have any special…...
Orthobro Revenge P*rn & Digital Stoning
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (845+ words) We have a festering problem in the Orthodox Christian world in the US. I don’t know how big it is, but the anecdotal evidence indicates that it’s not minor. Here, from Lauren Southern, is a shocking, disgusting account of young…...
A Stormy, Solemn Saturday
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1279+ words) It was a solemn, rainy Saturday for me here in Budapest. I spent the late afternoon with a friend I’ll call Eva, which is not her real name. I have a handful of faithful Catholic friends here in Budapest. Eva…...