This newsletter exists to help the soul ascend through all that is True, Good, and Beautiful.
We are the (very!) small team of writers behind The Culturist. The Ascent is our new space in which to dive deeper into mysticism, theology, and ancients texts. Here, we will study the ideas, history, and revolutionary teachings from 2,000 years of the Christian imagination, and see how they help the modern reader — Christian or not — ascend to the divine.
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We are covering everything from Moses' ascent of Mt. Sinai to Plato's ladder of love, from the secret of the Book of Jonah to the spiritual dangers of technology, and from the role of paganism in Christian education to the mysteries of Dante. All to help you better your soul…
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