DEUS

Alexander Solzhenitsyn gave the most controversial speech *against* Western Civilization at Harvard in 1978.

As a survivor of the Russian Gulags, they expected him to praise the West. Instead, he made a jarring accusation:

The West is a dying civilization. If it doesn't change its ways, it is doomed to collapse.

In fact, he said this has been the case for 500 years, when the West made a crucial mistake:

"How did the West decline from its triumphal march to its present debility?
..the mistake must be at the root, at the very foundation of thought in modern times. I refer to the prevailing Western view of the world which was born in the Renaissance…

I refer to humanism — the proclaimed autonomy of man from any higher force above him."

Solzhenitsyn said humanism made man autonomous from God, Truth, and objective morality.

If all morality is subjective, then man has nothing to live nor die for. Naturally, he loses his courage, embraces materialism, and grows effeminate to modern evils.

So, what is the solution?

A return to belief in a transcendental morality under God:

"If, as claimed by humanism, man were born only to be happy, he would not be born to die. Since his body is doomed to death, his task on earth evidently must be more spiritual…

The fulfillment of a permanent, earnest duty so that one’s life journey may become above all an experience of moral growth: to leave life a better human being than one started it."

All cultures live, or die, based on their respect of the True, Good, and Beautiful.

To save the West, Solzhenitsyn says start with beautifying your soul, for that is both how you live well, and begin to make civilization itself beautiful again.

Source: Athenaeum Book Club

A project from the future to save the soul of humanity
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D.E.U.S – I.B.H.C

[The Art of Perception] Nature and Perception unfolds as a ten-day field of attention - a journey through landscape, silence, and creation. It is not a workshop in the conventional sense, but a process of unlearning and returning: slowing down vision to rediscover perception as an act of life itself. In this space, the artist is invited to listen before seeing, to perceive before defining - to let nature become mirror and measure.

Panayiotis Lamprou (Pano Lamprou) is a Greek visual artist whose work explores perception, intimacy, and the silent relationship between the self and the world. His photography reveals the unseen - moments where light, texture, and thought converge into stillness.

Recipient of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery, London), Lamprou has developed a practice rooted in attention and authenticity.

As curator of Nature and Perception, he guides participants through a process of awareness — not by instruction, but by presence. For Panayiotis Lamprou, art begins where observation deepens: when the surface becomes threshold, and seeing becomes being.

Dates: September 1–10, 2026
Language: English / Greek
Participants: 12
Deadline: 28 of February 2025

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The art of dying ✨🐆

BUDDHIST NUN WITNESSES 100s OF DEATHS: WHAT DID SHE LEARN? In today's episode, Gen Kelsang Gomlam delves into the profound and often uncharted territory of death and dying. Having worked as a nurse for over 30 years,...

Ένα χρόνο πριν τα εγκαίνεια του Aμαdeus στην The Blender Gallery . Η όμορφη αφήγηση από το Athens Art Walk. Ευχαριστούμε θερμά!

ΑΜΑDEUS, group show, Blender Gallery, Athens Curator: PanolabrouArt Historian: Alia TsagkariParticipating Artists: Christina Anid, Alex Boisseau, Dimitris Delinikolas, Christophoros Doulgeris, Evangelos...

D.E.U.S. @ Platform Project 2021
Post Contemporary Art Project by Panolabrou @ www.d-e-u-s.art
21-24 October 2021 School of Fine Arts
Video Art by Christina Negrepontis
Performance by Consuelo Saroyan
Mandala Installation-Consuelo Saroyan
Performance by Panolabrou

Christina Negrepontis & Consuelo Saroyan

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Deus Know How;

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Carl Jung, in his famous interview about God, discussed his views on the divine, emphasizing that God is an archetype deeply embedded in the human psyche. He believed that spiritual experiences are a reflection of the unconscious mind. Jung argued that understanding God comes from within, shaped by our inner world and subconscious mind, rather than traditional religious doctrines. For more insights, check out the interview on YouTube [here](https://youtu.be/jTJJ3b0ZZ3s?feature=shared). Share your thoughts in the comments! Let’s engage in a meaningful discussion.