He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall.

And he will be the light of the nations and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled.

All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him, and they will praise and bless

and celebrate with song, the Lord of Spirits.

First Enoch, chapter 48, verses 4 through 5. The modern world doesn't acknowledge,

but is nevertheless haunted by spirits, angels, demons, and saints. In our time, many yearn to

break free of the prison of a flat, secular materialism, to see and to know reality as it truly is. What is this spiritual

reality like? How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life with spiritual

presence? Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen Damik, and Father Stephen DeYoung,

host this live call-in show, focused on enchantment in creation,

the union of the scene and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.

Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.

Good evening, everyone. A blessed feast of the ascension to you. This is our 20th episode. Welcome

back to the Lord of Spirit's podcast, where we walk in the footsteps of, well, no, not giants.

I'm Father Andrew Stephen Damak in Amas, Pennsylvania, and my co-host, Father Stephen DeYoung, is with me from Lafayette, Louisiana.

And if you are listening to us live, you can call in at 855 AF Radio.

That's 855-237-234-6, and Montreska Trudy will be taking your calls tonight,

and we'll get to your calls in the second part of today's show.

So like I said, the Orthodox Church just

began at celebration of the great feast of the ascension of our Lord, God, and Savior, Jesus

Christ. And that is what we're going to be discussing tonight on the podcast. As we saw last time

with the resurrectional appearances of Christ, many treatments of ascension also treat it as little more than an epilogue to the

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