Archive - Richard Emerson's Substack

Purgatory - and developing your Brain

Join us on a new journey starting this week, with daily reflections on how to grow your mental faculties and outlook on the world.

Jul 26, 2024 •

Richard Emerson

June 2024

The Hemispheres as Dante's "Two Wheels"

A comparison of McGilchrist's hemispheres and Dante's "Chariot" for Wisdom. How to grow a more balanced and developed brain.

Jun 20, 2024 •

Richard Emerson

May 2024

The Garden of Eden as reflecting the Brain Hemispheres

The first story about human beings presents the basic choice: Perception or Reality.

May 3, 2024 •

Richard Emerson

October 2023

Newsletter, October 2023

A new season of Burning Phoenix, and a new Podcast: "Dante's Paradiso"

Oct 13, 2023 •

Richard Emerson

May 2023

Envy as Blindness to Reality

The Process of finding Truth and Good Life

May 10, 2023 •

Richard Emerson

October 2022

Newsletter, November 2022

New writings, McGilchrist, and our Changing Times

Oct 21, 2022 •

Richard Emerson

April 2022

Newsletter, April 2022

New Interviews, Virgil's "Aeneid", and the History of China

Apr 18, 2022 •

Richard Emerson

February 2022

August 2021

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