Irish High Crosses

July 2010: The High Crosses are some of the greatest examples of how powerful religious communities supported and encouraged art in Early Christian Ireland. An Irish art form was developed, with artists working in metal, velum and wood as well as stone. This period is now looked on as The Golden Age of Irish art. Irish High Crosses Exhibition - National Museum of Ireland (Collins Barracks, Dublin)

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Tradition from a Spiritual perspective: ‘Tradition and Modernity’ by Frithjof Schuon

[This paper was originally written by Schuon for a congress convened in Japan in 1961, which dealt with the crisis of modernity.] The purpose of this congress is of the most extreme importance, since it concerns, directly or indirectly, the destiny of mankind. In the face of perils of the modern world, we ask ourselves: What must we do? This is an empty question if it be not founded upon antecedent certainties, for action counts for nothing unless it be the expression of a knowing and also a ma...