Rekindled Radiance

Confucian scholar Dusk Lantern discusses how South Korea today and the Joseon golden age of Korea's past shows us why civilization today is collapsing. Korean popular culture references: Jangbbijju satirical cartoon animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEN00wMFB2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKB9KtH97OQ "Kpop" group Blackpink (for the sake of your soul, please don't listen to all of it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKRmN7Ro1B0

Master Dusk Lantern and guest Dr. Rev. Koontz discuss C.S. Lewis' "The Abolition of Man," and how Lewis' notion of a Dao as primordial principle compares to the Dao of the Ru (Confucianism). Other topics discussed include a refutation of moral subjectivity and relativism, the need to cultivate a sense of beauty, Lewis' prescient prediction of modern life today as dystopic and dissolute, what it means to live like a livestock animal instead of actively cultivating one's soul, the importance of a coherent way(dao) of life that spans among the multiple dimensions of life, whether America has a dao perhaps in the form of democracy, and why Christians should sincerely study philosophy outside the Bible. 

In this episode, Master Dusk Lantern and guest Dr. Rev. Koontz discuss the Book of Songs and the Homeric Epics, and how the notion of "the classics" acts as a medium for proper culture and civilization.