The dissolution of the monasteries made monks of us all, taking the monastic organisation of time and labour in pursuit of transcendent ends and releasing it into Northern European society as a whole. ‘Laborare est orare’ (itself all verbs, all doing) is made the founding principle of modern society; now our expectation is that workContinue reading “Monk ponder work”
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Angel passage
Reading De Nerval, who made me wonder what sins angels are seeking to expiate by helping us. Perhaps they’re really the fallen ones, while devils are sent from the heavens to test us?