They were handsome, smoked a lot, loved women, nature, and light—and they resisted the Nazi occupation. Albert Camus and Jacques...
Jacques Lusseyran (1924–1971) has been well-known in France since 2015. His work is now considered a classic of French literature....
In June 2024, there was a staged reading of Jacques Lusseyran’s Das wiedergefundene Licht [And There Was Light] with Richard Schnell, Fritz Nagel, and a sculpture by Barbara Schnetzler. One member of the audience, Aina Bergsma, left the six-hour program feeling “ge-ich-tet” [‘I’-ed] and offers her reflection. In a time...
Jean appears, hand outstretched and a shining hat of light on his head—a special hat that perhaps only I can...
For several centuries, scientific materialism neglected the experiential presuppositions of its own research activities, striving to achieve an outside, disembodied,...
New Year’s Eve is not just a matter of the date in an externally conceived calendar. It is the middle of the 13 holy nights and, therefore, the balance point of the Christmas season, which runs from the Night of the Shepherds to the Day of the Magi. And this...
Has Big Tech replaced capitalism with a new, even more exploitative system, “cloudalism”? That’s what former Greek finance minister Yanis...
All that is good, beautiful, and true comes in threes—sweet, salty, and sour; heads, hands, and hearts; darkness, light, and...
Goethe maintained a lifelong interest in foreign cultures, particularly in their literature. He engaged deeply with the “oriental,” Indian, Chinese, and ancient Iranian or Persian-Islamic cultures. One of the fundamental characteristics of Goethe’s work is that he is able to establish a fruitful and, in this sense, “true” relationship with...
Jacques Lusseyran lost his eyesight as a child, but he learned to see with his inner senses. As a resistance...
Kafka and the Anti-Semitism of 2024. On the 100th Anniversary of the Writer’s Death. I have no mandate and am...
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