Chicken Philosophy: Nag Hammadi
Aug 5, 2026 · 59 min · 11 segments
In which Thomas adds an “or else!” to the great Tantric Sufi Love-Poem, which may or may not be necessary (probably isn’t).
Um, usually more than five minutes.
Okay.
So Saint Maximos the Confessor, this is not his first time on Chicken Philosophy.
According to Maximos, not all passion is bad.
I'll say.
Um, indeed, he says, quote, "There is need for the blessed passion of holy love," end quote.
I mean, objectively, it's a terrible movie.
My God, it's a snuff flick.
Fucking Mel Gibson, anti-Semitic.
Anyway, no, no.
Okay, yeah, I, I, my interest is piqued.
By the way, we're not reading Maximos yet.
But now my interest is piqued because usually I bring in the innu- innuendos, but now they're saying, "Yes, uh, the Orthodox do not shy away from sexual love." They don't have a, a, a vow of chastity for their priests, but for their monks they do.
I mean, there's like famously, you'll see...
Well, maybe you don't.
The algorithm might, you know, tho- those, uh, those guy-- There was a guy that like lived his whole life, lived to be 80-something years old, never once saw a woman.
And it's like, okay.
I, you know, everybody has their, their thing.
Um, usually more than five minutes.
Okay.
So Saint Maximos the Confessor, this is not his first time on Chicken Philosophy.
According to Maximos, not all passion is bad.
I'll say.
Um, indeed, he says, quote, "There is need for the blessed passion of holy love," end quote.
I mean, objectively, it's a terrible movie.
My God, it's a snuff flick.
Fucking Mel Gibson, anti-Semitic.
Anyway, no, no.
Okay, yeah, I, I, my interest is piqued.
By the way, we're not reading Maximos yet.
But now my interest is piqued because usually I bring in the innu- innuendos, but now they're saying, "Yes, uh, the Orthodox do not shy away from sexual love." They don't have a, a, a vow of chastity for their priests, but for their monks they do.
I mean, there's like famously, you'll see...
Well, maybe you don't.
The algorithm might, you know, tho- those, uh, those guy-- There was a guy that like lived his whole life, lived to be 80-something years old, never once saw a woman.
And it's like, okay.
I, you know, everybody has their, their thing.
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