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Orthodox Survival Course
Transcript of a series of lectures on the "Orthodox Worldview", and the history of post-schism intellectual and cultural deviation.
145 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2019
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Seraphim Rose
48 books330 followersSeraphim Rose, born Eugene Dennis Rose, was a hieromonk of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in the United States, whose writings have helped spread Orthodox Christianity throughout modern America and the West. They have also been widely read in Russia. Although not formally canonized as of 2008, he is venerated by some Orthodox Christians as a saint in iconography, liturgy, and prayer.
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February 7, 2022
I could write a dissertation on this book but I'll try to keep it short.
If you've ever been kept awake wondering "how did modern society become this insane?"
This is the book.
Fr. Seraphim Rose starts from the time of Rome's schism from the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church and details the innovative ideas that led us to the modern world of nihilistic chaos.
As it is transcribed from audio lectures there are typos and some jarring formatting in places but it is so worth it if you look past these small annoyances.
If you've ever been kept awake wondering "how did modern society become this insane?"
This is the book.
Fr. Seraphim Rose starts from the time of Rome's schism from the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church and details the innovative ideas that led us to the modern world of nihilistic chaos.
As it is transcribed from audio lectures there are typos and some jarring formatting in places but it is so worth it if you look past these small annoyances.
January 24, 2020
Despite the typos, gaps in the tape recordings used for the transcripts, and other slapdash errors, this work is an invaluable resource. The books referenced by Fr. Seraphim (which I am buying one by one) are in themselves an excellent reading list which complements this course.
I only wish we had more of the original course recorded for us. There's a lot to chew on, a large amount of revelatory information, and tons of possibilities are opened up for fruitful study.
I only wish we had more of the original course recorded for us. There's a lot to chew on, a large amount of revelatory information, and tons of possibilities are opened up for fruitful study.
November 1, 2021
This incredible book is a transcription of a series of lectures and notes given by Fr. Seraphim. In it, he details a history of Western civilisation from the time of its communion with Orthodoxy to the present nihilist doomscape we find ourselves in.
He gives a detailed and fascinating account of what he calls The Revolution, a movement we see throughout history manifesting itself in art, spirituality, philosophy and of course in the violent despotism of the various revolutions throughout Europe, of whom the destruction of Christianity was always a keen concern.
He traces its roots in the gradual altering of theology between the Christian East and West which lead to Rome leaving the church and falling away from Orthodoxy, which then lead to the Scholasticism and rationalism of the middle ages and renaissance and ultimately the Protestant reformation, leaving a rootless western Christendom and a fertile ground for an insurrection against God.
Strewn amid the over-arcing thread are interesting commentaries on a number of untouchable topics and sacred cows, and a well-sourced breakdown of the role conspiratorial secret societies played in the French Revolution. Spicy stuff. Well worth the read .
He gives a detailed and fascinating account of what he calls The Revolution, a movement we see throughout history manifesting itself in art, spirituality, philosophy and of course in the violent despotism of the various revolutions throughout Europe, of whom the destruction of Christianity was always a keen concern.
He traces its roots in the gradual altering of theology between the Christian East and West which lead to Rome leaving the church and falling away from Orthodoxy, which then lead to the Scholasticism and rationalism of the middle ages and renaissance and ultimately the Protestant reformation, leaving a rootless western Christendom and a fertile ground for an insurrection against God.
Strewn amid the over-arcing thread are interesting commentaries on a number of untouchable topics and sacred cows, and a well-sourced breakdown of the role conspiratorial secret societies played in the French Revolution. Spicy stuff. Well worth the read .
April 1, 2022
The most in-depth discussion of the evolution of western religious, political, scientific, and philosophical thinking, as well as the underlying spiritual and metaphysical assumptions, from an eastern Orthodox Christian perspective. I find the analysis to be very compelling and something western thinkers (both religious and secular) have failed to articulate fully.
September 12, 2020
Every redpill imaginable wrapped up in nice 400 page package
March 24, 2025
If only you knew how bad things really are.
This is the quintessential guide to how the current zeitgheist evolved from errors made around a thousand years ago, from the Great Schism (reason elevated over tradition) to the Reformation (relativism of the faith) to the Renaissance (Occult secret societies begin takeover of Christendom) towards modernism and more!
I listened here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
This is the quintessential guide to how the current zeitgheist evolved from errors made around a thousand years ago, from the Great Schism (reason elevated over tradition) to the Reformation (relativism of the faith) to the Renaissance (Occult secret societies begin takeover of Christendom) towards modernism and more!
I listened here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
November 2, 2020
Very informative look at modern European history and the history of Orthodox Christianity in the west and in Russia.
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