• Śiva and Brahmā in the Mahābhārata - Dominique Wohlschlag
    Aug 8 2024
    A Conversation with Dominique Wohlschlag

    In this dialogue, Reza asks Dominique a particular question about the

    roles of Śiva and Brahmā in the Mahābhārata. Additionally, he inquires

    why we refer to Vaiṣṇavites and Śivaites but don’t seem to have a

    corresponding category of Brahmānites.

    Dominique Wohlschlag is a specialist in medieval romance languages

    and previously taught Latin at the Collège de Genève. With an extensive

    background in Indian studies, he has offered courses on Sanskrit and

    Indian Civilization at various Swiss institutions and has worked with

    the Geneva Ethnography Museum. His scholarly contributions include three

    translations of Indian poets (Jayadeva, Bhartrihari, Vidyâkara) and

    numerous interpretative analyses of Hindu scriptures. In addition,

    Wohlschlag has also written several books on the Hindu tradition with

    two of them available in the link below for those interested in

    exploring this rich tradition further.

    The Queen and the Avatar

    The Great War of the Dark Age: Keys to the Mahābhārata

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    26 mins
  • Light on the Ancient Worlds-Frithjof Schuon; Some Excerpts
    Apr 15 2024
    Spiritual GemsShort readings from the books of Frithjof Schuon.
    © World Wisdom, Inc.

    Readings by Reza Shah-Kazemi

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    https://thegreenknight.org/spiritual-gems/

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    3 mins
  • Ivan Aguéli - Sensation of Eternity; Excerpts
    Apr 10 2024

    Following the thread

    Sensation of Eternity-Notes on Islam by Ivan Aguéli

    Reading by Reza Shah-Kazemi

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    https://thegreenknight.org/following-the-thread/

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    1 min
  • Sing To Me Muse — A review on Christopher Nolan’s Homer The Odyssey by Gabriel Stevens
    Sep 26 2026

    In reviewing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, I do not intend to offer a sweeping overview of the many alterations Nolan has made to the Homeric epic. After all, in its protean form, The Odyssey was sung by bards in an oral tradition, which meant that the story was always being made anew. However, what happens when a director embarks upon the voyage of The Odyssey without invoking the Muses? Should divinely inspired poetry be turned into a motion picture? And when does an interpretation sever rather than serve its relationship to the source material? To answer some of these questions, I will focus upon a singular omission in Nolan’s adaptation: the moment Odysseus tricks the Cyclops into believing his name is ‘Nobody’. In the spirit of the bardic tradition, in which no one person holds the definitive meaning of a text, may this essay sit as one amongst many interpretations of the film. A fragment of the whole that offers a glimpse into the spellbinding magic of the oral tradition of Homeric poetry.

    Gabriel Thomas Stevens

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    https://thegreenknight.org/booksarticles/sing-to-me-muse/

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    18 mins
  • Light on the Ancient Worlds-Frithjof Schuon; Selection of Readings
    Apr 5 2024
    Spiritual GemsShort readings from the books of Frithjof Schuon.
    © World Wisdom, Inc.

    Readings by Reza Shah-Kazemi

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    https://thegreenknight.org/spiritual-gems/

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    4 mins
  • Ivan Aguéli - Sensation of Eternity; Notes on Islam
    Mar 30 2024

    Following the thread

    Sensation of Eternity-Notes on Islam by Ivan Aguéli

    Reading by Reza Shah-Kazemi

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    https://thegreenknight.org/following-the-thread/

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    4 mins
  • Quran Ch17-Selection of Verses Part 2
    Mar 25 2024
    Essential Quran
    Letting the Quran Speak for Itself:
    Reading a selction of verses from the Quran
    Reading by Reza Shah-Kazemi

    Ch-17 Al-Isra

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    https://thegreenknight.org/essential-quran/

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    4 mins
  • Treasures of Buddhism on the Mahayana - Frithjof Schuon; Selection of Readings
    Mar 20 2024
    Spiritual GemsShort readings from the books of Frithjof Schuon.
    © World Wisdom, Inc.

    Treasures of Buddhism-P60

    Readings by Reza Shah-Kazemi

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    3 mins