Reviews for There's a Bee in My Begonias: Garden Paths and Prayers

The average rating for There's a Bee in My Begonias: Garden Paths and Prayers based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-29 00:00:00 Gregory Miller I've been studying Neoplatonism for about 5 years now. I started with a general overview of the classics using Zeyl's handbook of classical philosophy. Then I jumped into Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates at college with some source texts, then Neoplatonism by Wallis, then the essential Plotinus by O'Brien, then to Shape of Ancient Thought by McEvilley, then Theology of the Early Greek philosophers by Jaeger, and finally this book. I didn't want to read past Plotinus because I didn't like the theurgy direction Neoplatonism took after him. However, this book (at least half way through) doesn't talk about theurgy at all. It does a great job of tying in all past philosophical ideas together and smoothing over philosophical problems (such as on love being both giving and cherished). Really gives a new spin on "God" as a loving God, something lacking from Plotinus/Proclus/Aristotle.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-11-18 00:00:00 Paul Thompson Fantastic book. Makes Orthodox theology make much more sense, but I only recommend it to people who have a firm, and solid traditional understanding of Orthodox theology, and I emphasize "traditional".