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

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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

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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

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October 2023

Newsletter, October 2023

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

Oct 13, 2023 • Richard Emerson

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May 2023

Envy as Blindness to Reality

The Process of finding Truth and Good Life

May 10, 2023 • Richard Emerson

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October 2022

Newsletter, November 2022

New writings, McGilchrist, and our Changing Times

Oct 21, 2022 • Richard Emerson

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April 2022

Newsletter, April 2022

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

Apr 18, 2022 • Richard Emerson

February 2022

Pirsig, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and The Sacred

We’re half way through the cult-philosophy-classic novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert Pirsig now, and it’s a fascinating read…

Feb 11, 2022 • Richard Emerson

Newsletter, February 2022

Book Reviews of the "Renaissance", and Strickland's "Age of Utopia"

Feb 6, 2022 • Richard Emerson

August 2021

Reading Dante Spiritually, and looking at Italian Humanism

We have two new episodes out on the podcast this week - on our newly updated and "rebranded" Summer Podcast! New name at the moment is "Renaissance and…

Aug 18, 2021 • Richard Emerson

Redressing an Imbalance in the Brain Hemispheres

How to loosen the Grip of the Left Hemisphere

Aug 6, 2021 • Richard Emerson

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The Idea of the Renaissance

The Arts & Sciences

Aug 2, 2021 • Richard Emerson