##### Welcome to the Logos Garden of the Church of the Intimate Web. **The Logos Garden is a networked text that illuminates the systems, practices, and theologies of the Church.** ❤️ This Church is ever evolving and unfolding. Participants are invited to create, discover, and refine aspects of the Logos Garden throughout the lifespan of the Church. To sign up for the Church's email list. Click [here](https://intimatechurch.paperform.co/). > [!Idea] Comment from Daniel > This is a very early draft of the Logos Garden of the Church of the Intimate Web. Please understand that some of this may be out of date according to the reality of the Church, and please forgive any inconsistencies you find. If you'd like to submit revisions or new additions to the Garden you can email [email protected]. ## The Mission of the Church **The [[Mission of the Church]] is to open the [[Eye of Value]] and actualize [[The Intimate Web]].** We pursue this mission out of a [[Poetic Attunement|love of goodness, truth, and beauty for its own sake]] and in order to [[Cultural Ignition|shift the values of culture]] and resolve the [[Global Intimacy Disorder|intimacy crisis]]. This mission is the core organizing principle of the Church. All the systems, practices, and theologies we create are grounded in this mission. Individuals in the Church participate in this mission by [[Clarification of Desire|clarifying their desire]], [[Source|sourcing]] [[Space|spaces]] that [[Eros|resonate]], and offering [[Good Works]]. ## Ways of Looking at the Church Many have enjoyed this article on [[Ways of Looking at the Church]]. It may help you calibrate to the strange nature of this project. # Philosophical and Methodological Inspiration for the Church *Many teachers and traditions have inspired the creation of the Church of the Intimate Web. The list below is only a partial representation of the multitude of streams of traditions that make up the Logos of the Church.* - [[David J Temple's CosmoErotic Humanism]] - [[Steve March's Aletheia Unfoldment Method and View]] - [[Rob Burbea's Soulmaking Dharma]] - [[John Vervaeke's Dialogos Practice]] - [[Christopher Vitale's Networkologies]] - [[Tom Nixon's Working with Source]]