Willis Renuart

("The Lovers Whirlwind" by William Blake,1824-27)

Natural Mysticism and Its Dangerous Allure

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Willis Renuart 1 Comment Ecstatic Experience, Mysticism, Transcendence

Natural mysticism focuses on awakening us from our ego-bound ordinary life to a universal oneness. But it comes with many dangers.

While Art Unites Beauty Transcends Erraticus

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While Art Unites, Beauty Transcends

October 10, 2019August 30, 2020 Willis Renuart 0 Comments Leo Tolstoy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendence

The failure to distinguish between art and beauty has caused much confusion. Art and beauty have two different but overlapping trajectories–one toward union and the other toward transcendent reality.