tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post2359016811293668196..comments2023-10-04T09:50:08.070-05:00Comments on Logismoi: 'The Father of Moldavian Hesychasts'—St Daniel the HesychastAaron Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-37004522357081674252010-01-08T01:52:37.560-06:002010-01-08T01:52:37.560-06:00Protov> By the way, I intend to correct my comm...Protov> By the way, I intend to correct my comment about Hunyadi. I had simply assumed he was a Magyar, and I think an editor that I read (maybe Wolf) thought so too. But it looks like you're right!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-64785792082926536562009-12-30T11:26:45.023-06:002009-12-30T11:26:45.023-06:00Protov> Thank you for your comments. In light o...Protov> Thank you for your comments. In light of the second one, I plan to clarify a thing or two about my views on Romania vis-a-vis the popular perception of it in the West. I don't quite have time today, but I'm putting it on my to-do list.Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-19570504262909867832009-12-29T21:53:15.078-06:002009-12-29T21:53:15.078-06:00As I was myself involved in the "Dracula Prog...As I was myself involved in the "Dracula Program" run by the Ceausescu's regime for gullible western tourists, I reviewed some of my knowledge in the light of recent research like Jimmie E. Cain,Jr, Bram Stoker and Russophobia, 2006.<br />It appears that Bram Stoker was not only removing the truth out of the way of a good story, but consciously and maliciously engaged in an operation of "perception management" directed at the British public opinion meant to blacken the Russians and their prospective East European allies (Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia). This is the point when the mercurial Arminius Vambery came into the picture and when the Ardeal (the vernacular name of Transylvania) became the "Transylvania of vampires", of revolting and unspeakable superstitions, completely obscuring the national struggle of the Romanians against the Hungarian aristocracy, the darlings of the British aristocrats (at the time when the Brits created regiments of Hussars modeled on the Hungarian ones). A very interesting point is that of the influence of Bram's own brother, George, who has been the Chief of the Red Crescent in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-78. George wrote a book "With the Unspeakable", a piece of horrible pro-Turkish propaganda, in which he does not spare any effort to whitewash the atrocities of the Turkish bashbuzuks against the Orthodox Christians, blaming them on the Bulgarians, a boorish, corrupt, venal sort of people, whose corruption stems directly from their Orthodox faith. It is revealing that Bram himself gave George "some assistance with the book" (to the point that in fact HE wrote the book!). Bram Stoker was not that innocent! Actually he was chummy with Rudyard Kipling, unashamed propagandists of "the white man burden", the slogan of the British imperialism. Curiously enough, the British imperialism was ready to associate with the Hungarian chauvinism against all the inferior "secret, stealthy, creeping mass, slowly dragging its enormous bulk like some reptile" that, at least since the Crimean War, threatened England. <br />It is undeniable that England tried always to protect Hungary's integrity, even at the Peace Conference of Versailles (against the declared aims of the Peace Treaties), that sided with Hungary even after she allied herself with the Nazis, even after she was defeated in WWII, claiming that Transylvania rightfully belongs to Hungary (which is against all demonstrable history). One of the reasons might be that the Royal House of England (through its many alliances before it was forced to become "the Windsors") can raise a claim on Transylvania. That's probably why Prince Charles bought properties in Transylvania and sponsors the "Dracula Park" in the same place!seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-61487629489735962272009-12-27T21:23:07.314-06:002009-12-27T21:23:07.314-06:00Thank you Aaron for this post. The region is indee...Thank you Aaron for this post. The region is indeed a magic one. Prince Dimitri Cantemir wrote in his Descriptio Moldaviae that the mountains of this part of Moldova were teaming with "sihastri" (and still is). <br />A little correction to a previous post. Ioan Huniady was indeed of the same race as Vlad Tepes i.e. Valachians. Bram Stoker knew something, but he applied the journalistic dictum "don't let the truth stand in the way of a good story".seraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13804487873268748108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-57249073186721967422009-12-27T11:32:37.251-06:002009-12-27T11:32:37.251-06:00Definitely not! If you're interested in this p...Definitely not! If you're interested in this particular subject, you might have a look at <a href="http://logismoitouaaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/st-maximus-on-theology-of-play.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>!Aaron Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775589009145031773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714437334790446678.post-68782798378720276432009-12-27T11:13:02.982-06:002009-12-27T11:13:02.982-06:00"nor did he play with other children"
I ..."nor did he play with other children"<br />I guess the monastic life is not for everyone!Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928559011681907548noreply@blogger.com