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We are living in historic times!
Over the last 18 months, your humble blogger has been using various videos produced by Dr. Jordan Peterson to help explain the numerous EVENTS, OCCURRENCES and other various PHENOMENA that one can readily observe in the Visibislium Omnium, et Invisibilium. Another brilliant lecture and Q&A session is embedded above for your viewing pleasure. A must watch…
Update: A great summary can be found on the Life Site News website HERE.
The PHENOMENON that has grown up around Dr. Jordan Peterson has been quite amazing. He went from an obscure clinical psychologist teaching at the University of Toronto to one of the most sought after, if not the most sought after public speakers at the time of this writing. (see here)
One aspect that makes this PHENOMENON of particular interest to us Catholics, is that the underlying theme of Dr. Peterson’s research and subject matter of most of his lectures is Catholic at its very ROOT. Your humble blogger has been laying out this case in various recent posts.
The reason that the Catholic aspect of Dr. Peterson’s work is being brought to your attention dear reader, is that another article appeared about Dr. Jordan Peterson, this time on the First Things website. In the article titled Jordan Peterson, Unlikely Guru, its author, one Matthew Schmitz makes the following observation:
“Jordan Peterson is a success because so many other men are failing.”
Now the above observation can be true, and partially is true, yet in the humble opinion of your even more humble blogger, this misses the entire point. Actually, it reduces the Peterson PHENOMENON to a caricature, which then can be easily explained away and eventually dismissed.
Specifically, what bothers this blogger is that this statement implies that if “men” stop “failing”, then the message that Jordan Peterson expounds, since it is local to this time and place, will lose its validity, and by extension Peterson’s “success” will cease.
But just in case this Peterson PHENOMENON doesn’t have a Pyrrhic nature, escapes into the wider public domain and begins spreading into the Catholic world, a development which appears to be threatening to certain members of this part of society and their status quo, attacks by various establishment actors have commenced.
Over at the Catholic Herald, in a post titled What is a Catholic to make of Jordan Peterson?, its author Brandon McGinley presents this argument:
While Peterson’s political views have dominated the media narrative about him, his meandering explorations of Christian theology remain among his most popular lectures. These two areas of inquiry cannot be separated, though: Peterson’s idiosyncratic but sympathetic views on Christianity appear to be outgrowths of his ultimately incoherent views about human societies, blending brash political incorrectness with a love of tradition and an enthusiasm for individualism. For modern Christians frustrated by their loss of standing in liberal societies, this makes Peterson, like a stiff cocktail, potent, delicious, and, if enjoyed carelessly or in the wrong context, dangerous.
Notice the lightness of this text and the “argument” reducing the product of a magnum opus of a 40 year career of science and research by Dr. Peterson, to nothing more than pleasant chatter at a social function. Yet also notice the author’s inadvertent confirmation of the “dangerous” nature of Peterson’s message.
All in all, what the above tells us, as per the SIGNALLING EFFECT, is that these post-conciliar “spirit of the new springtime of VII” sectarians lack the competence and intellectual honesty to face the REALITY in which they have found themselves. Their helplessness is manifesting itself in the typical passive aggressive lashing out at both their real and imagined enemies. But what they are in fact reacting to is their implicit sensing that the Peterson PHENOMENON brings them ever closer to their Final Rendezvous With Destiny and With Death.
And why can one be certain as to the correctness of the above observations?
Well, we can use sensory data to support our contention. We see that Dr. Peterson has tapped into an innate and very deep conscious need of individuals to understand what constitutes capital “T” Truth. One reason, and a very practical reason why these individuals have this need is that it allows them to understand what is happening around them in their daily lives.
What also appears to be the case is that this above identified need for the acquisition of capital “T” Truth extends into the individual’s spiritual needs, i.e. into the ECCLESIASTICAL sub-set of the Visibilium Omnium.
And to demonstrate this above point, no better proof can be had than in a post over at the Life Site News website. Here is how it reads: (see source here)
Livestream of Cardinal Sarah speaking in Toronto Monday at 7 p.m. EST
March 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) — The University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College is hosting Vespers and a talk by Cardinal Robert Sarah on Monday March 12 from 7 to 9 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. Cardinal Sarah is the Prefect of the Catholic Church’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. He is also the author of the two popular books, God or Nothing and The Power of Silence.
The demand for tickets to the event has been so high that the venue has been moved off the University of Toronto campus and to the downtown St. Michael’s cathedral which can hold a much larger number of people.
The event may be viewed live on Monday at either
Facebook LIVE:
www.facebook.com/ustmikes
or
the cathedral Livestream:
https://www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live/
The talk will also be available afterwards at the same two Internet addresses.
What we are in fact seeing in the post above is the identical PHENOMENON to that of Dr. Peterson’s. To be more precise, what we are seeing is the transition point at which capital “T” science becomes capital “T” theology.
Where Dr. Peterson leaves off, Cardinal Sarah picks up.
And this is the correct answer to the criticism presented in the Catholic Herald and First Things posts.
Yes?
Concluding, the only manner in which one can explain this Card. Sarah PHENOMENON is that the good Cardinal has also tapped into this innate and very deep conscious need of individuals to understand what constitutes capital “T” Truth. And this need is manifesting itself in the same manner, with packed venues for the lectures of Cardinal Sarah.
Which brings one to a practical consideration. Given that the current occupant of the bishopric of Rome is having a hard time “attracting” followers, not to mention repelling the Faithful Catholics, and given that the loss of adherents is a death-knell for any IDEOLOGY, social movement or even RELIGION, then the attractivistic powers of the Cardinal Sarah’s message should be of interest to certain centers of influence within the Sacred Vatican Walls.
Far be it for this blogger to make claims about the working of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, but…
Leaving off this post, I would just like to present this idea for the review of you dear readers:
Cold Standing said:
Let me just correct the First Things statement so that is true.
Jordan Peterson is succeeding because so many men were ASKED to fail.
Dutifully, as so many soldiers give their lives taking a ridge they are asked to take, they did as they were asked, trusting that it was asked of them for a good reason.
However, there was no real need for men to fail. You can honestly ask men to risk falling, but you can’t ask them to fail. A moments thought confirms that this is a high order abuse of a sacred trust.
Now Dr. J is simply asking men to succeed. Dutifully, we will do just that.
The same happens in the Church. The local diocese has a document that specifically asks men not to put themselves forward for parish councils. However, these councils are still run by the men with competence and the women contributing little of any use.
Therefore, the Teaching Church has simply to ask men to assist Her mission and the seminaries will be full, provided, of course, that what is asked is not simply to show up and accept failure. The asking must be for men to undertake a mission where in they succeed or die trying.
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Patrick Coffin said:
My extended interview with Jordan Peterson, in which the Catholic Thing comes up: https://www.patrickcoffin.media/dr-jordan-peterson-interview/
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S. Armaticus said:
Hi Patrick:
Thanks. I seen your interview and linked to it in one of my posts.
On another topic, some friends and I would like to invite Dr. Peterson to a TLM in the Toronto area. Many reasons for it, but I think its something that would interest him. It fills in some blank that I have notice in his Biblical series. I have left him a message on his website, but haven’t gotten a responce. I know that he is very busy, so would it be possible for you to pass along a short letter to him? No pressure though… If you do decide to help me out, thnks in advance.
Best,
S.A.
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Wanda said:
“Jordan Peterson is a success because so many other men are failing.” Quite the insult actually. The insecure, ignorant and arrogant are getting nervous. I like that.
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Chris Benischek said:
S. A.—Thanks for the head-up on the ++Card. Sara event. We’re gonna rollout the big screen and popcorn for this one! ‘Bout the only active Cardinal worth his salt. Along w the saintly, feisty and hilarious ++Zen-Master.
Maybe he’s the next Pope indeed. That certainly would be a good joke on the Germans. The Holy Ghost does work in inscrutable ways I hear.
Viva Cristo Rey! Viva N. S. de Fatima! May the Immaculate Heart of Mary Triumph!
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Chris Benischek said:
Oh, and happy Feast of St. Pope Gregory the Great. He along with Leo and Nicholas are the only three “Greats” in history. The jury is out on John Paul II (except for the mindless neo-cons and his paid lobby like the sapless Weigel) and only posterity will render that judgment.
Back to the Great we know. May St. Pope Gregory the Great roust himself from his slumbers and clean out like the Augean Stables the Vatican Court and the Bergoglian Minions currently infesting the Chair of St Peter! I’m also waiting links Jobah for the Petrine Thunderbolt I must confess.
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Chris Benischek said:
Like Jonah.
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S. Armaticus said:
It’s a comin…
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S. Armaticus said:
What’s interesting is that Bergoglio was sold as “the peoples …” you know what. He was never popular and everybody knows it.
And yet, those mid-level clerics need someone who can keep the funds coming in. And Francis or a Francis line of succession ain’t it.
And now along comes Card. Sarah, a people magnet extraordinaire. And he is from Africa. Yet he is exactly the opposite of a Francis. And all those FrancisCardinals see it. All those old VII Cardinals see it.
And the question is, what are they going to do?
If I was a betting man, and I am, my chips are on …
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Mark Wauck said:
Sorry, a bit off the immediate topic but relevant to your general thrust, I hope you’ve read Sandro Magister this morning: German Passport and Swiss Francs. Who’s in Charge Among the Knights of Malta. I sent this article to my family members under the title “High Finance Vatican Style.”
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S. Armaticus said:
Thks.
Just saw it…
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Michael Dowd said:
Thanks Sam. More to cheer about. Here’s an axiom for you: The practice of Truth is traditional Catholicism.
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S. Armaticus said:
Yep!
Capital “C” Catholicism is simply a synonym for captial “T” Truth.
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Chris Benischek said:
And Christ is, we know (even sans tape recorder), the Truth. What a coincidence(!). His mystical Body would be also.
Great piece again S. A. Brilliant transition from Pedersin to the Good Cardinal. I just wish he would express a little support to the other Good Cardinal, ++Zen.
P. S. In your lede I’d swap out historical for historic; and I quite agree. As in Fatima end times, apostasy at the top historic. (All times by contrast are historical. Only special times are historic. Speaking from my college days studying medieval history….). Nonetheless, as I said: brilliant analysis. Thanks.
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S. Armaticus said:
Thks.
Done.
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