The Golden Thread Quotes

“It is almost incredible that towards the end of the twentieth century, biblical fundamentalism made such a comeback in America. No less astounding is its alliance with the small body of Jewish fundamentalists in Israel to further their respective apocalyptic dreams.”
― Joscelyn Godwin, The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions

“As a consequence, he faced the unavoidable fact that the Ottoman Sultan was conquering the Byzantine Empire by allowing that Islam and Christianity were not incompatible, and that Christian subjects could live under the secular rule of a Muslim.”
― Joscelyn Godwin, The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions