The Inklings expressed interest in ancient mythologies that described the creation of the world through music.
A true celebration of the mind for lovers of classical ancient and medieval thought, Morello’s is a valuable guide.
Tolkien shows us the similarity between machinery and magic, which both point to the desire for power.
If anyone wishes to conquer the giants of their own vices, they must, like Don Quixote, take up the lance, the shield, draw down the visor, and mount Rocinante.
The interpersonal relationship between philosophers is irreplaceable.
Christian meditation must be rehabilitated if the modern crisis of the Church is to be overcome.
The Church reacted against intellectual currents with a rationalistic Thomism in which the mystical dimension of reality was marginalized.
Mystical union with God is the axis around which the Christian life turns.
Marked by historical events of such magnitude as the two world wars, Tolkien and other Christian intellectuals of his day grappled with profound questions about the fate of the world.
This year, on May 10th, we lost a gentleman. He was not only a brilliant musicologist and Italian cultural figure, but also the most gifted ambassador of his adoptive father’s work.
The disappearance of the fear of hell, Arendt tells us, leads directly to the institutionalization of immorality, and the transformation of the deviant will of a Hitler or a Stalin into state policy.
Instead of filling the void left by the loss of belief in truly extra-terrestrial beings—the angels and saints—with sci-fi inventions, we should strive to “re-enchant” the world with the content of Christian revelation.
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