it was REALLY WEIRD reading the history of Byzantium with the
  _exclusion_ of the religious context. Felt foreign to me to see
  it from that light, even though I recognized it as accurate
  enough.

  I learned about it through 5 years with the Eastern Orthodox
  Church, [from around 1995-2000, tapering off towards the end
  after picking up some Osho books tongue emoticon ) but I was
  pretty close to becoming a monk. I could live that lifestyle
  easily.

  Anyway, did lots of research. It was within a theological
  context, lots of Desert Fathers, and mystical and practical
  writings alike about "how to think clearly" and watching your
  thoughts and feelings as they pass by and such.

  But there was logic stuff in there too. smile emoticon The sense
  of continuuity was tremendous and filled in the gap of knowledge
  I had about that area of the world _and_ of world history in
  general.

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