Past Programs
Books - 2007
Francis Brabazon: Farm hand, Poet and Sufi Sheik Read Transcript
07/10/2007
Born 100 years ago in London, Francis Brabazon lived most of his life in Australia as an artist, poet and spiritual seeker. But it was his love of Sufism, and devotion to the spiritual teacher Meher Baba, which helped elevate him to the role of a Sufi Sheik.
Dante's Divine Comedy Read Transcript
23/09/2007
The Divine Comedy is one of Italy's most influential literary works, exploring the realms of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Written in the 13th century by Dante Alighieri, it incorporated pagan elements into his vision, that had little Biblical support.
The Traditionalists Read Transcript
13/05/2007
Melbourne in the 1950s was home to a small group of intellectuals led by poet Harold Stewart. They championed the ideas of religious and artistic traditionalism as promoted by Rene Guenon and Ananda Coomaraswamy.
The 'Religion' of Shakespeare Read Transcript
25/02/2007
The greatest English playwright is still one of the most mysterious people. He may or may not have been a closet Catholic, and the relationship of the actor's life to his writing is not reconcilable, according to historian William Rubinstein.
