This was written chiefly to help parishioners who have children and find themselves unable to maintain their tempers. The enormous debt to Mr Adie is gratefully acknowledged. Joseph Azize, 29 April […]
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Three News Items on Nature
Here are three news items: first, Noam Chomsky being interviewed on the topic: “What We Really Want” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I The interviewer begins saying, in a very self-satisfied way, that he and […]
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Forms of Experience as a Road Back
This is from the meeting of Thursday 19 March 1986, at Newport. The exercise for the month was something like to take one definite half hour period each day, chosen […]
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“Just go quietly, when you’re tired …”
This is some advice Mr Adie gave “Adam” on Thursday 19 March 1986, At the end of the exchange, he noticed that “Mike” was in a poor state, and even […]
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Firmly I Believe and Truly
This anecdote about Walter Scott, otherwise unknown to me, is extracted from the writings of Mary Josephine “Maisie” Ward 1889-1975, who had the signal honour to be the great-great-granddaughter of […]
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Mrs Adie on our Wily Side
This is from the meeting of Tuesday 23 November 1982. I started transcribing it a few weeks ago, then had to stop. In the interim, it seems, something which this […]
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The Maronites in History: A Reply (Part 3)
Part Three: Matti Moosa on St Maroun In The Maronites in History, Matti Moosa argues that we know nothing of any “Maroun” who was related, in any way, to what […]
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The Maronites in History: A Reply (Part 2)
The Maronites in History: A Reply Part Two: A Discussion of the texts concerning St Maroun There is no figure in history quite like the elusive figure which is Mar […]
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The Maronites in History: A Reply
Part One: The texts concerning St Maroun In Part One, I set out the two ancient texts which disclose what is known of St Maroun. In Part Two, I discuss […]
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Mr Adie Notices
This comes from the meeting of Thursday 19 March 1986. The exchange with the young man, who happened to be myself, was moderately interesting. But what was fascinating was the […]
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