Peter Bolland
@professorbolland.bsky.social
Philosophy Professor | Speaker | Singer-Songwriter | Author | The Seven Stone Path: An Everyday Journey to Wisdom https://a.co/d/7ANGyQ9
We are all called to midwife the new world struggling to be born from the rubble of the old.
Midwifing the World
Up from the rubble, one contraction at a time
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January 18, 2026 at 3:54 AM
We are all called to midwife the new world struggling to be born from the rubble of the old.
My latest Substack piece.
Midwifing the World
Up from the rubble, one contraction at a time
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January 15, 2026 at 6:36 PM
My latest Substack piece.
A new world is always being born from the rubble of the old. Be midwives, not bystanders.
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A new world is always being born from the rubble of the old. Be midwives, not bystanders.
Pain comes in many forms, and it shows you things—things you ignore at your own peril.
The Purpose of Pain
And how it shows you what matters
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January 5, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Pain comes in many forms, and it shows you things—things you ignore at your own peril.
Staying awake to awe and wonder opens the door to courage and conviction—that this world is worth fighting for.
The Power of Awe
And the wisdom of wonder
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October 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Staying awake to awe and wonder opens the door to courage and conviction—that this world is worth fighting for.
God is a placeholder word for all that is ineffable—beyond knowing and beyond words. Your God-idea tells us more about you than it does about ultimate reality, and that is an important starting point. Grab a cup of something and let’s keep going…
Your God-Idea is Not God
How our God-concepts obscure more than they reveal
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June 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
God is a placeholder word for all that is ineffable—beyond knowing and beyond words. Your God-idea tells us more about you than it does about ultimate reality, and that is an important starting point. Grab a cup of something and let’s keep going…
Homemade three-cheese pizza, (whole milk mozzarella, fresh buffalo mozzarella, parmigiana Reggiano), homemade crust and sauce, Boar’s Head pepperoni, and after the bake, fresh basil. With “Carnival of Souls” and “Rosemary’s Baby” on Turner Classic Movies, it’s how you Saturday night.
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Homemade three-cheese pizza, (whole milk mozzarella, fresh buffalo mozzarella, parmigiana Reggiano), homemade crust and sauce, Boar’s Head pepperoni, and after the bake, fresh basil. With “Carnival of Souls” and “Rosemary’s Baby” on Turner Classic Movies, it’s how you Saturday night.
The Greek myth of Persephone is tailor-made for our times, and medicine for our brokenness. Come with me.
To Hell and Back
The journey of Persephone as life lesson
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May 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The Greek myth of Persephone is tailor-made for our times, and medicine for our brokenness. Come with me.
My latest Substack piece.
Emptying Out
And the fullness it brings
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May 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My latest Substack piece.
Good news. I’m #48 on “Rising in Philosophy” on Substack. substack.com/@peterbollan...
May 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Good news. I’m #48 on “Rising in Philosophy” on Substack. substack.com/@peterbollan...
Here’s my latest Substack piece. Enjoy.
Beyond Religion
On the true value of doctrine and imagery
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April 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here’s my latest Substack piece. Enjoy.
Reposted by Peter Bolland
Reposted by Peter Bolland
Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Everybody romanticizing about the heyday of American manufacturing needs to carefully listen to one (1) Bruce Springsteen song.
I’m honored to be a guest on Philip Goldberg’s podcast “Spirit Matters,” (68 minutes), so click on in and have a listen.
The Seven Stone Path to Wisdom With Peter Bolland by Spirit Matters
How to Become Wise
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April 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m honored to be a guest on Philip Goldberg’s podcast “Spirit Matters,” (68 minutes), so click on in and have a listen.
I woke up this morning to the news that I’m #13 on Rising in Philosophy on Substack. Thanks everybody! Here’s my brand new piece “God Without a Face.”
God Without a Face
Thoughts on personifying the mystery
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April 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I woke up this morning to the news that I’m #13 on Rising in Philosophy on Substack. Thanks everybody! Here’s my brand new piece “God Without a Face.”
Can you be an agnostic Christian? Is religion an identity or a pilgrimage?
Religion Without Beliefs
Faith without doctrines
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March 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Can you be an agnostic Christian? Is religion an identity or a pilgrimage?
Here on Ash Wednesday, what do the ancient practices of Lent and Ramadan have to offer us outside the Christian or Islamic traditions? Turns out, a lot.
Breaking the Cycle
And reclaiming our freedom
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March 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here on Ash Wednesday, what do the ancient practices of Lent and Ramadan have to offer us outside the Christian or Islamic traditions? Turns out, a lot.
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Finding a Way | Peter Bolland | Substack
Wisdom without doctrines, questions without answers, embodying without knowing. Click to read Finding a Way, by Peter Bolland, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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At a recent talk I gave on Christian Nationalism a man asked me, “What can I do?” Here’s what I said.
What Can I Do?
When it all seems hopeless
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March 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
At a recent talk I gave on Christian Nationalism a man asked me, “What can I do?” Here’s what I said.