What I wrote, taught, and published in 2025 I look back at my writing, teaching, publishing, and presenting from 2025. Also, looking ahead to this next year of reflection and exploration. Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
Nature is already beyond itself In the name of security, we risk reducing ourselves purely to the level of the natural where we no longer bear the burden of freedom. Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
Arnold Böcklin, Der Gang nach Emmaus (1870) Esoteric Speech in St. Paul Paul provides us with a model for how he approaches modulating his speech depending on his audience's level of spiritual maturity. Matthew A. Stanley • Christianity
Religion isn't for you What if the power of religion lies not in what is authentic or personal about it, but precisely in its capacity to make us feel strange and alienated from ourselves? Matthew A. Stanley • Samsara Diagnostics
