Did you know that early Christian ascetics who gave "everything" away often retained a single slave?
Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared thi...
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August 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Did you know that early Christian ascetics who gave "everything" away often retained a single slave?
Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Just out, a new study by Erin Dailey and Justin Pigott:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In case you thought Sufism was all wandering ascetics and philosophers lol
September 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
In case you thought Sufism was all wandering ascetics and philosophers lol
When late antique ascetics left their “worldly possessions” behind, did that include all their enslaved persons? Um, no it did not. E.T. Dailey & Justin Pigott have a new, open access article in EME on “Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave”
Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared thi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
When late antique ascetics left their “worldly possessions” behind, did that include all their enslaved persons? Um, no it did not. E.T. Dailey & Justin Pigott have a new, open access article in EME on “Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave”
*(Religious ASCETICS. Sheesh.)
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
*(Religious ASCETICS. Sheesh.)
Like routine year-long meltdowns over stuff like the latest $70 PlayStation game not letting you look up the main character's skirt. And in the last 48 hours they've become complete ascetics
April 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Like routine year-long meltdowns over stuff like the latest $70 PlayStation game not letting you look up the main character's skirt. And in the last 48 hours they've become complete ascetics
Ascetics stay winning 😎
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ascetics stay winning 😎
Pretty wild that the most powerful military machine in recorded history can't defeat some warrior ascetics living in caves, Mr Bessent
Hassett: "One of the ways to think about the straits is that there are a bunch of guys living in caves that live in the straits that may or may not be in steady communication with the people we are negotiating with, who have stuff little better than a rubber band they can shoot at a boat"
July 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Pretty wild that the most powerful military machine in recorded history can't defeat some warrior ascetics living in caves, Mr Bessent
no emblem? what the fuck are we, ascetics???
September 20, 2026 at 2:33 AM
no emblem? what the fuck are we, ascetics???
At the International Buddhist Temple in Richmond, BC, Canada
January 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
At the International Buddhist Temple in Richmond, BC, Canada
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival reut.rs/3DQd6N5
India's Maha Kumbh marks first 'royal bath' with dreadlocked ascetics' holy dip
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India on Tuesday, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival.
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January 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern India, dreadlocks flying, during the first 'royal bath' of the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival reut.rs/3DQd6N5
This atmospheric photograph captures a group of Yamabushi (mountain ascetics) or Buddhist pilgrims navigating the steep, mist-shrouded slopes of Mt. Ōmine in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Photography: banrimanbanri's fotolife
March 29, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This atmospheric photograph captures a group of Yamabushi (mountain ascetics) or Buddhist pilgrims navigating the steep, mist-shrouded slopes of Mt. Ōmine in Nara Prefecture, Japan. Photography: banrimanbanri's fotolife
Monks and nuns were ascetics, they were supposed to voluntarily adopt a lifestyle that most people couldn’t handle.
February 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Monks and nuns were ascetics, they were supposed to voluntarily adopt a lifestyle that most people couldn’t handle.
dark souls 2 remains the best one simply because of the existence of bonfire ascetics
June 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
dark souls 2 remains the best one simply because of the existence of bonfire ascetics
It's funny to me how many socialists have become ascetics when one of the supposed advantages of socialism was that it was more efficient
in a world characterized by inconceivable inequality, it is ethical and political idiocy indistinguishable from fascist trad fantasy to insist that dull chores that enslave women represent decolonial liberation
September 22, 2024 at 1:29 AM
It's funny to me how many socialists have become ascetics when one of the supposed advantages of socialism was that it was more efficient
i have a lot of critiques of this current fascist regime but i gotta tell you the ugly ass ascetics is defiantly at the too of the list
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
i have a lot of critiques of this current fascist regime but i gotta tell you the ugly ass ascetics is defiantly at the too of the list
(that's a real thing, btw, but in context it's about pagan imagery and such, and as poetically it's been applied to ascetics who shun monetary matters)
July 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
(that's a real thing, btw, but in context it's about pagan imagery and such, and as poetically it's been applied to ascetics who shun monetary matters)
Context is luxury in 1984 and we are ascetics by decree
February 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Context is luxury in 1984 and we are ascetics by decree
Fiscal matters only for those ascetics.
July 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Fiscal matters only for those ascetics.
🙏BRIDGE OF ASCETICS🌉
Not too far from Chion-in (知恩院), Gyōja-bashi (行者橋 'Bridge of Ascetics') straddles the Shirakawa River (白川).
Monks participating in the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) cross the narrow bridge on their 75th day, en route to Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社).
#Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Shirakawa #Gyojabashi
Not too far from Chion-in (知恩院), Gyōja-bashi (行者橋 'Bridge of Ascetics') straddles the Shirakawa River (白川).
Monks participating in the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) cross the narrow bridge on their 75th day, en route to Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社).
#Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Shirakawa #Gyojabashi
March 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
🙏BRIDGE OF ASCETICS🌉
Not too far from Chion-in (知恩院), Gyōja-bashi (行者橋 'Bridge of Ascetics') straddles the Shirakawa River (白川).
Monks participating in the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) cross the narrow bridge on their 75th day, en route to Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社).
#Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Shirakawa #Gyojabashi
Not too far from Chion-in (知恩院), Gyōja-bashi (行者橋 'Bridge of Ascetics') straddles the Shirakawa River (白川).
Monks participating in the 'Kaihōgyō' (回峰行) cross the narrow bridge on their 75th day, en route to Yasaka-jinja (八坂神社).
#Japan #Kyoto #Gion #Shirakawa #Gyojabashi
On the surface, there are dense forests where the plants don't grow right anymore, having not seen light in centuries. There are countless sunken ruins where gnostic ascetics commune with demons in dark cells. And of course there's that one corner of your cellar where something is lurking RIGHT NOW🫵
September 26, 2026 at 7:42 AM
On the surface, there are dense forests where the plants don't grow right anymore, having not seen light in centuries. There are countless sunken ruins where gnostic ascetics commune with demons in dark cells. And of course there's that one corner of your cellar where something is lurking RIGHT NOW🫵
*Desert Ascetics of Egypt* by Darlene Brooks Hedsrom out now!
www.arc-humanities.org/978164189167...
www.arc-humanities.org/978164189167...
Desert Ascetics of Egypt - Arc Humanities Press
Egypt is revered as the home of the famous Desert Ascetics, who first embraced a monastic life and established homosocial communities on the borders of their...
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December 6, 2023 at 11:34 AM
*Desert Ascetics of Egypt* by Darlene Brooks Hedsrom out now!
www.arc-humanities.org/978164189167...
www.arc-humanities.org/978164189167...
Dreher is one of those miserable ascetics who is convinced happiness is itself a sin.
July 30, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Dreher is one of those miserable ascetics who is convinced happiness is itself a sin.
Shoulda leaned harder into ‘cool space wizards’ and less ‘order of stoic ascetics’.
June 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Shoulda leaned harder into ‘cool space wizards’ and less ‘order of stoic ascetics’.