Proper Humility Against Conceit Beloved warrior in Christ, let us now confront the most dangerous enemy of all: our own damnable arrogance, that one of three aspects of materiality entitled Conceit in Structural Virtues Theory (SVT). This sin, more than any other, threatens to shatter the fragile bridge between man and God. In SVT, arrogance…
The Enemy of Contentment Dear beloved, a shadow festers in the hearts of men: envy. An error so insidious it often masquerades as a virtue if turned to materially advantageous works, however it is no more than a false mirror reflecting our own lack of self-worth through the glass of others. Envy, in Structural Virtues…
The Art of Spiritual Dialogue Beloved seeker after sacred communication, we turn to the weapon which clears the battlefield of any confusion, that discourse in spiritual dialogue which is prayer, a bow only as useful as its last strung arrow, yet handcrafted pliancy of layered Prudent yew, elastic flexibility, and Temperate oak, firm rigidity. This…
Devotion to the Divine Bond Ah, dearly beloved! Shift your focus to where we stow our blade cleaving division in Loyalty, the sheath to the sword of Willpower. This is an emotional bond and divine covenant, a truth-forged alliance tempered by ethical commitment’s steel. In Eros’s domain, where relationships and Logos dynamics entwine, higher Loyalty…
If we fall into the sin of ‘Amnesis,’ of forgetting the self and who we are supposed to be, then we must find a way to awaken that memory, to rediscover who we are. This is where anger comes in, especially in times of strife. For when we see lies, deception, and corruption; when we…