The Old Code

What is Dominion? Is it destruction or is it something more? Today we discuss this often misunderstood concept and I hope to provide a helpful definition for you.

We've already visited the topic of how we can be tested when becoming an adult but today I wanted to teach on the process of individuation and how humans can grow up to be properly matured people.

Today's episode is all about Plato. It's difficult to summarize his life and philosophy in under an hour, but I hope this episode gives you a point to leap from.

We are kicking off season 2 with exploring who Socrates was and how do we know anything about him. We study ancient philosophy and philosophers because we want to understand our heritage and lineage. We don't exist in a vacuum, and so we want to know where these things came from. This is my first video podcast, so I hope you like the change in medium.

Just wanting to give an update on the direction and frequency of upcoming episodes. Moving forward we will be exploring philosophies of classical antiquity, early church history, and profiles of great leaders.

Today we're talking about the abduction of the Sabine women and parasocial relationships on Social media. Let me know what you think. https://www.patreon.com/TheOldCodePodcast

How does one heal from brokenness and trauma? Today I wanted to give you a glimpse of how I healed from a lot of my wounds from the past, and how hope has helped me to fight depression and anxiety. I mentioned that I started a patreon, so if you feel like supporting the show or want to show some appreciation for the work that goes on with the Old Code Podcast, visit HERE

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority. “ This is the Narrative which pervades our culture every single day, but what if it is not power which corrupts but weakness? Today we must discuss how power itself is corrupted by weak men and women who do not have regard for anyone but themselves, and how power is meant for the purpose of effecting change for goodness and wisdom.

I've been thinking about how I actually live out my philosophy lately, and here are 3 concepts that I've been trying to live out. I'm still working on them and I have a long way to go, but I hope these help you to learn how to live better. Here are the quotes I mentioned in the episode. Govern yourself First “ For kings reign well when they live according to God's will and serve Him in fear; and when they reign over themselves and do not become the servants of their own vices, but master the impetuosity of these by courageous constancy. For there is no inconsistency between constancy in virtue and royal courage in a king.” St. Anselm of Canterbury to Alexander King of the Scots. What is the difference in form between refusal to act and inability to act?' ‘if you say to someone “I am unable to do it,” when the task is one of striding over the north sea with mount T'ai under your arm, then this is a genuine case of inability to act. But if you say, “I am unable to do it,” when it is one of massaging an elder's joints for him, then this is a case of refusal to act, not of inability. Hence your failure to become a true King is not the same in kind as “striding over the North Sea with Mount T'ai under your arm”, but the same “as massaging an elder's joints for him”” Mencius, Book 1, Part A, 7.  Pg 56 “ But the one who seems to rule over men, but who is enslaved to anger and the love of power and pleasures, first will appear quite ridiculous to his subjects, since he wears a crown of gems and gold but is not crowned with moderation, since his whole body shines with a purple robe, but he has a disarrayed soul. Second, he will not even know how to administer his command. For if a person is unable to rule himself, how can he guide others rightly by the laws? But if you wish also to see each one conducting himself in warfare, you will find the one fighting demons and prevailing and conquering and crowned by Christ.”  St. John of Chrysostom - On the Comparison of a monk and a king. Don't Puff yourself up People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self- interest at the center.” Hagakure: The way of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Pg 3 “unrelated theories or ideas that confuse students more than … edify them. … [teachers] should not say everything that we are able to say, lest we say less profitably the things that we ought to say … not the teaching of others…but the showing off” Hugh of St Victor Know where you are going “It is clear, Lucilius, that no man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom; you know also that a happy life is reached when our wisdom is brought to completion, but that life is at least endurable even when our wisdom is only begun”  “Wipe out the imagination. Stop the pulling of the strings. Confine thyself to the present. Understand well what happens either to thee or to another. Divide and distribute every object into the causal [formal] and the material. Think of thy last hour. Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong is done.” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, VII, 29.  “The reason we make mistakes is because we all consider the parts of life, but never as a whole. The archer must know what he is seeking to hit; then he must aim and control the weapon by his skill. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” Seneca, LXXXI. On the supreme Good, Letters from a Stoic

Language of power and oppression doggedly pursues us every day. Where does this narrative come from? Why does it seem like those who pursue achievement are constantly derided by those who refuse to act? Today we talk about Marxism and how it is currently destroying the world and country we live in.

Our culture is obsessed with youth and our glory days. Today we explore historical rites of passage and their functions. How do boys become men? How do we transition from childhood to adulthood? Those are the sorts of questions I want to answer in this episode today.

What does it mean to live an extraordinary life? How can we strive for what is true good and beautiful?

The human experience is never going to be wholly objective but what is your base orientation? In this episode we discuss the "emotion" vs "intellect" dichotomy and how these two ought to actually complement one another.

I apologize for my absence as of late, but I've been fighting off some sort of cold lately. I'm finally getting this episode up and I thank you for your patience. Today we discuss the masculine and feminine natures of what it means to be a human man or woman. I hope this episode can give clarity on the subject and that you are able to take this time of teaching and apply it for growth.

Today's topic relates to how we function among other people. Introversion and Extraversion tend to be simplified in the public eye to the point where people are purely defined by how outgoing they are. I'd like to give a better definition.

Stop accepting random pills from strangers on the internet who only desire to make money off of your cultural malaise. We explore a brief history of how the west has settled on the premise that we are primarily sexual creatures, and the implications this has brought for young people today. In modern culture, we view ourselves primarily through the lense of how desirable we are to other people, and this premise is simply untrue and unhealthy.

What does it mean to be a steward in today's day and age? Is stewardship just about land cultivation? We seek to answer some of these questions in today's episode. People Mentioned: Ivan Aivazovsky Vincent Van Gogh Noteworthy concepts: Creativity and stewardship being acts of love The pursuit of goodness

What does growth look like for you? Today we discuss the necessary reminder that growth is not the same as self-destruction. Contrary to many current voices in the manosphere, you don't need to hate yourself into the man you want to be. Perhaps, growth is better than destruction?

In this 16th episode I wish to present to you a theory of stewardship. How do we tend to our land? How do we tend to our livestock or animals? Does God give a paradigm for us to actually consider? Works mentioned: Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown Grass Fed Beef for a Post-Pandemic World by Ridge Shinn and Lynn Pledger Butchering by Adam Danforth

Today I wanted to discuss a theory I've had concerning self-governance. This episode is a bit more of an introduction to this theory and I'd like to flesh it out more in the future, but I wish to leave you with the question "How am I governing my life?"

Today we discuss the roles that beauty and excellence have in our society. Particularly however, we also discuss the nature of progress in terms of technology and how modernity seems to venerate progress as a virtue unto itself. So if we are to keep moving forward, what might that look like?

This week we explore the concepts of excellence and virtue, and how these two are related to living an honorable and noble life.

Today we discuss a potential response to consumerism in the artisan good movement. The desire is to not give way to quick trends and convenience but to embrace the intentional production and consumption of thoughtful and enduring goods. Handmade Homes Handmade Pottery Handmade Tiles Handmade Soap DIY Homemade Microphone https://verveculture.com/blogs/a-taste-of-verve/8-reasons-to-buy-artisanal-and-handmade-products https://artisanals.com.au/blogs/news/questions-artisan-made-products https://soapcommander.com/blogs/beyondthesuds/48485827-10-reasons-to-buy-artisan-products

In this episode, I try to convince you to at least consider studying philosophy. “ Many words do not satisfy the soul; but a good life eases the mind and a clean conscience inspires great trust in God. The more you know and the better you understand, the more severely will you be judged, unless your life is also the more holy. Do not be proud, therefore, because of your learning or skill. Rather, fear because of the talent given you. If you think you know many things and understand them well enough, realize at the same time that there is much you do not know. Hence, do not affect wisdom, but admit your ignorance. Why prefer yourself to anyone else when many are more learned, more cultured than you?” Thomas A Kempis - On the imitation of Christ “It is clear, Lucilius, that no man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom; you know also that a happy life is reached when our wisdom is brought to completion, but that life is at least endurable even when our wisdom is only begun”  Seneca, Letters From a Stoic, XVI. On Philosophy, The of Guide of Life    “The reason we make mistakes is because we all consider the parts of life, but never as a whole. The archer must know what he is seeking to hit; then he must aim and control the weapon by his skill. Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” Seneca, LXXXI. On the supreme Good, Letters from a Stoic “What does the debauchee lose? Manhood. What does he lose who made him such? The qualities of a modest man, the chaste character, the good neighbor. What does the angry person lose? A coward? Each to his portion. No one is wicked without some loss or damage.” Epictetus, Discourses, Book II, Chapter 10.  “Let the part of thy soul which leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or of pain; and let it not unite with them, but let it circumscribe itself and limit those affects to their parts. But when these affects rise up to the mind by virtue of that other sympathy that naturally exists in a body which is all one, then thou must not strive to resist the sensation, for it is natural: but let not the ruling part add to the sensation the opinion that it is either good or bad” Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book V, 26. “No better burden can a man carry on the road than a store of common sense; better than riches it will seem in an unfamiliar place, such is the resort of the wicked” The Poetic Edda, Sayings of the high one, 10.”  People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self- interest at the center.” Hagakure: The way of the Samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Pg 3

This is the first installation of my exposition on the problem. I don't want to just talk about problems on this podcast but my hope is to be able to move forward into solutions from here. I've included sources for all the statistics I've mentioned. Moloch https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Moloch https://allthatsinteresting.com/moloch Marriage Rate by decade by decade https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/families-and-households/ms-2.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.htm Replacement Rate among Millennials https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/millennials-say-no-to-kids-population-replacement-level-turns-negative Induced Abortion and Cervical Cancer https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9796914/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22623987/ Baal https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Baal https://www.worldhistory.org/baal/ Top Soil Erosion https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-say-nations-corn-belt-has-lost-third-its-topsoil-180977485/ No-Till and CO2 Sequestration https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880912002344?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816221002095 Depression and meaningless sex https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-and-sex-in-the-digital-age/201506/what-are-the-psychological-effects-casual-sex https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731847/ Grain dumping https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renewable-agriculture-and-food-systems/article/true-costs-of-us-agricultural-dumping/ABDB3E76865636EF025C72D94FEECD32 https://www.iatp.org/documents/who-wins-and-who-loses-us-dumping-corn https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/2017-06/2017_06_26_DumpingPaper.pdf Mammon https://www.plough.com/en/topics/faith/discipleship/the-religion-of-mammon Average hours worked for Peasant in 13th Century https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/rauch/worktime/hours_workweek.html Average hours worked today https://www.theforage.com/blog/basics/how-many-work-hours-year Gross Economic growth over the decades https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/gdp-gross-domestic-product https://www.crestmontresearch.com/docs/Economy-GDP-R-By-Decade.pdf Workers feeling without purpose https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-search-for-meaning-after-age-50/201911/causes-of-the-lack-of-meaning-at-work Need for new Products and landfill production https://daily.jstor.org/fast-fashion-fills-our-landfills/ https://datatopics.worldbank.org/what-a-waste/trends_in_solid_waste_management.html

Wanted to keep this one a touch shorter but I felt it necessary to touch on the next couple weeks for this podcast and the desire to make certain the media we are consuming is worthwhile. It's Christmas week so please spend this time with loved ones.

Last week we looked out how we structure our cities as a society, today the hope is to explore how we have and currently structure our time as a culture and society. I feel like my thoughts were a bit messy in this one, so I do hope that I am clear in my intentions and communication. Documents I mention in this episode are: The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, the book of Common Prayer, The liturgy of the Hours, The Wesminster Confession, and Catechism (shorter and longer) Further more, I'd recommend looking into the Old Testament Feast days and the Liturgical Calendar. Thank you for tuning in.

Today we dive into the topic of how we apply and use our rights and privileges. We talk about how our strengths always point toward something we ought to do. I hope you enjoy this episode.

Today we're talking about how the physical layout of our communities communicates truths and how we derive authority. I hope you can take away some encouraging perspectives on how to discern the true, good, and beautiful in the world.

What virtues are absolutely necessary for leadership? What does it take to be an actual good man. I would suggest that you need these 5 primary cardinal virtues if you wish to be any sort of leader.

In this fourth episode, we discuss how the mind became the seat of personhood for western culture and how social media has effectively highjacked that cultural assumption. Here's the link for a similar study which I mentioned during the podcast: https://neurosciencenews.com/zoom-conversations-social-neuroscience-24996/

Last week we explored the three transcendentals that really made the classical world tick. This week we explore what modernity holds as its foundational principles. What was once transcendental is now utterly visceral and self-centered. Let me know what you think, and I hope this episode can stir you up to action and hope for tomorrow.

My aim in this podcast is to discuss and define what we mean when we say "true, good, and beautiful". What does it mean for something to be beautiful? Why is objective truth so important? I hope this episode stirs you to further contemplation.

This first episode is just aiming to lay the groundwork and expectations for what to come of this podcast. I'll explain what this podcast is and what it is not. I'll be working on establishing a contact for anyone who would like to reach out in the future.