What We’re Reading
Goethe, Faust. Im Anfang war die Tat. “In the beginning was the Act.” Goethe is the celebratory figure of German literature and an essential part of the…
BookTok and Literary Ideologies
“All art is propaganda,” wrote George Orwell. We can extend it to mean, “All literature is political.” Reading is political because we are political animals. We live…
Plotinus as Mystic
History of ancient and medieval philosophy testifies to the existence of a “golden chain” of metaphysical thinkers, both Western and Eastern, who not only speculated about the…
Simon-Peter
“From thy boat I called thee, Two natures do I see, Peter the saint; Simon the sinner. Ah, but which shall be the winner? Simon, son of…
Call for Submissions
VOEGELINVIEW is the arts & humanities journal of the Eric Voegelin Society. We publish essays, reviews, interviews, poems, and occasional works of creative fiction dealing with the great…
Breaking History: Israel, Iran, and Trump
“Political science is suffering from a difficulty that originates in its very nature as a science of man in historical existence.” Any political science and understanding of…
Frontier Demons: A Review of Aaron Gwyn’s “The Cannibal Owl”
It takes a special brand of confidence to write a western. Packed with swashbuckling films, warrior ballades, and sprawling novels—not to mention the tremendous influence of the…
Israel’s War and the Crisis of Gnosticism
Israel’s dismantling of the Iranian terror network surrounding it and its strike into the heart of Iran, destroying its nuclear facilities and eliminating top generals and other…
Contemplative Life as Mystical Life: On the Purpose of the Philosophy of Plotinus
A distinctive feature of many currents in Greek philosophy is the strong emphasis on contemplative life (βίος θεορητικός) – life that was praised by many thinkers and…
Prelude to a Fantasy
Startled, my body quivering, My entrails shook. My palms drenched in sweat, I touched my face. No doubt, it was I. I am certain it was I…
Three Literary Limericks
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The world, both within and without, creates ontological doubt. The women chitchat. Is that fog or a cat? And what…
The Searching Soul: Graham Greene and Catholicism
If your bookshelf of cherished tomes is not inspiring you today, then I would recommend reading Graham Greene, a prolific novelist and essayist of the mid 20th…
Artificial Super Intelligence and the AI Apocalypse
Apparently, there are competitions to see who is better at predicting the future. Normally, the answer is that no one is better at predicting the future. There…
Our Civilizational Moment: A Review
One of the panels that the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship organized during their first conference in October of 2023 was “What is the West?” Jordan Peterson, a…