Entries by Bruno

We are Divine

On February 17, 1600, Giordano Bruno, the greatest philosopher of modern times, occultist and mathematician, was burnt at the stake on charges of heresy and blasphemy. Upon hearing of his death proclamation, he said “Perhaps your fear in passing judgment on me is greater than mine in receiving it.” He was gagged during his last […]

Is this the life you want to live?

“We’re all gonna die. We don’t get much say on how or when, but we do get to decide how we are gonna live. So do it, decide. Is this the life you want to live? Is this the person you want to love? Is this the best you can be? Can you be stronger? […]

The Magic Story

The Magic Story by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey  (1900) How the Magic Story was found I was sitting alone in the cafe and had just reached for the sugar preparatory to putting it into my coffee. Outside, the weather was hideous. Snow and sleet came swirling down, and the wind howled frightfully. Every time the […]

‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’

三島 由紀夫 は私の神です。 強さと名誉、マスター…. “Somewhere there must be a higher principle which reconciles art and action. That principle, it occurred to me, was death. … The vast upper atmosphere, where there is no oxygen…is surrounded with death. To survive in this atmosphere, man, like an actor, must wear a mask. … In this stillness was […]