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Theology, Politics, and Radiant Darkness: Michæl Motia on Gregory of Nyssa

Podcast episodes – The Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast (SHWEP)

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The Importance of Unknowing

The idea with the darkness is you're supposed to get rid of it, right? It's all about light. The bride like Moses is entering into this divine darkness and she's embraced by a divine night. And yet somehow he says there's a sense of presence that shows up even in that darkness. Cue the whole history of Christian mysticism.

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