Literature
Literature
Literature of the Meaning Crisis
Literature of the Meaning Crisis
Literature
Literature of the Meaning Crisis
The challenge
The challenge
The challenge
Most of us read for plot, not presence. This course trains a wiser literacy—using literature to sharpen perception of the sacred-in-the-real, so existential anguish becomes intelligible and actionable rather than merely endured.
Most of us read for plot, not presence. This course trains a wiser literacy—using literature to sharpen perception of the sacred-in-the-real, so existential anguish becomes intelligible and actionable rather than merely endured.
Most of us read for plot, not presence. This course trains a wiser literacy—using literature to sharpen perception of the sacred-in-the-real, so existential anguish becomes intelligible and actionable rather than merely endured.
John Vervaeke
John Vervaeke
John Vervaeke
The Journey
The Journey
The Journey
Art has been our clearest witness to the meaning crisis. Over eight weeks, John Vervaeke reads landmark works that make the modern person’s unsheltered encounter with the numinous felt—showing how literature can disclose depth, reorient attention, and renew a life.
Books that we'll look at:
Moby Dick
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Books that we'll look at:
Moby Dick
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Books that we'll look at:
Moby Dick
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Where the prophet still lives in disenchanted modernity is in the artist—they’re the prophetic voice.
Where the prophet still lives in disenchanted modernity is in the artist—they’re the prophetic voice.
John Vervaeke
John Vervaeke
Where the prophet still lives in disenchanted modernity is in the artist—they’re the prophetic voice.
John Vervaeke
Course Curriculum
Moby Dick (I)
Moby Dick (II)
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Poetry
Course Curriculum
Moby Dick (I)
Moby Dick (II)
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Poetry
Course Curriculum
Moby Dick (I)
Moby Dick (II)
Heart of Darkness
The Death of Ivan Illych
The Plague
Death in Venice
Notes from Underground
Poetry
Installments
One-Time
Literature of the Meaning Crisis: Self-Study
3-month Payment Plan or One Time
/month
Lifetime Access to all 8 lectures and seminar recordings
Optional Reflective Assignments
Access to the course channel in the Lectern Lounge
Sign up now!
Installments
One-Time
Literature of the Meaning Crisis: Self-Study
3-month Payment Plan or One Time
/month
Lifetime Access to all 8 lectures and seminar recordings
Optional Reflective Assignments
Access to the course channel in the Lectern Lounge
Sign up now!
Installments
One-Time
Literature of the Meaning Crisis: Self-Study
3-month Payment Plan or One Time
/month
Lifetime Access to all 8 lectures and seminar recordings
Optional Reflective Assignments
Access to the course channel in the Lectern Lounge
Sign up now!
Ready to
fall in love with wisdom?
Ready to
fall in love with wisdom?
Ready to
fall in love with wisdom?
If this resonates, start your own arc. Lectern isn’t about quick fixes. It’s meaningful understanding that transfers into life, one clear concept and well-placed practice at a time.
If this resonates, start your own arc. Lectern isn’t about quick fixes. It’s meaningful understanding that transfers into life, one clear concept and well-placed practice at a time.
If this resonates, start your own arc. Lectern isn’t about quick fixes. It’s meaningful understanding that transfers into life, one clear concept and well-placed practice at a time.