What's with the Name: Seeking the Hidden Thing?

An introduction to into my thinking and where I hope to go with this Substack.

1. What's with the Name: Seeking the Hidden Thing?

This Substack newsletter draws its inspiration from the biblical concept of “wisdom.” Once you begin to consider the subject directly, it is surprisingly elusive. It took me down a 20 or so year rabbit hole before I felt like I was truly comfortable with it. The name of this newsletter uses an interesting passage in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church, chapter 2, verse 7 and 10 as its muse:

“We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God…God has revealed it to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.” (RSV)

The Greek word translated as “hidden” (lit. “the thing having been hidden”) is ἀποκεκρυμμένην (apokekrummenain). In a bout of excessive cleverness, I took this word as my “name” here and discovered very quickly it is impossibly difficult to say or remember and so shortened it to κρῠπτός - Kruptos. As a fantasy fiction buff, the trope of “the deeper magic” or the “the deeper wisdom” is everywhere. There is something attractive abo…