Christmas and the re-spiritualisation of Christianity ‘God became man so that we might be deified’ [1, PG 36, 265], says the church father Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 325–390 AD) in his first Christmas address, which he gave as Bishop of Constantinople in 380. This was not a one-off observation. In his famous theological speech, he says…
(9) Inner and Outer Experience - Zen and Science Or: Why Zen and science get along very well and why more scientists (and other people) should meditate. I just got back from a Zen sesshin. That is a week of meditation in which there is silence and between 7 and 8 hours of meditation per day; in this case…
Gain of Function Research And A Few Thoughts on Christmas Last week I heard a lecture by Prof. Roland Wiesendanger, a physicist at the University of Hamburg. He spoke at a workshop at the University of Trier on "Conscience" organized by Mrs. Henrieke Stahl at the Institute of Slavic Studies, who is also the spokesperson for the group "7 Arguments…
