We
mentioned last time that St Seraphim of Sarov (+1833) was a good representative
of the humble, self-forgetting Russian soul.
His conversation with his disciple Motovilov on the acquisition of the
Holy Ghost helps further illustrate the true Russian heart:
What
we did not mention was who would make a good representative of Puritan, Lincolnian
America. We would suggest another figure
of the 19th hundredyear for that, Walt Whitman (died 1892). His poem, ‘Song of Myself’, a long, bloated
piece of obnoxious narcissism, is the perfect picture of American pride and self-worship,
the perfect contrast to the life and teachings of St Seraphim (and Orthodox
Russia in general):
Again,
the peoples of the South and the rest of the world must choose with whom they
wish to stand. The choice should be
fairly easy after reading the above two works.
--
Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England,
South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð,
unworthy though we are!
Anathema to the Union!
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