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Swallowed by the Dragon: Monstrous Meanings in Tolkien’s Stories

Robert Lazu Kmita November 17, 2024

The hero must absorb the monster’s magical power so that he can defeat other great monsters.

The ‘Gay Gene’ Myth Just Won’t Go Away

John Mac Ghlionn April 6, 2023

Young men deserve much better than bad science and bad advice. Myths are no substitution for reality.

Quarter of Young Dutch Believe Holocaust Was Made up or “Greatly Exaggerated”

Michael Curzon January 27, 2023

As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new survey suggests that nearly a quarter of young people in the Netherlands believe the Holocaust is a “myth” or has been “greatly exaggerated.”

The Spirit of Narcissus and Modern Man

Veronica Lademan December 3, 2022

What we see in the world of artifice—on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook—is the substitution of the person with a manufactured icon; a shallow image reflected back in the clear pool.

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Violent Myth and Christian Faith

Felix James Miller March 26, 2022

Norse mythology, unlike the Sacred Scriptures, does not present readers with loving and merciful divinities. The Norse gods are violent boozers, many of whom seem to spend most of their time playing practical jokes and fighting giants. And yet there is a great power to the tales.

Gigantomachy—On Slaying Giants and Surviving Ghosts

Carlos Perona Calvete March 20, 2022

Tradition tells us that giants are born from fallen angels joining themselves to willing humans, and that even after these are slain, their specters may yet demand sacrifice. We are still facing giants today, as well as the ghosts they leave behind, and may learn something from those ancient tales.

Tales of Twelve Days, a Christmas Retrospective

Carlos Perona Calvete January 11, 2022

The Twelvetide is an open gate to benevolent magic, to mages and faeries, a time in which we may recognize what is exalted, as the wise men did, by exchanging gifts and thereby seeing exaltation in each other.

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Swallowed by the Dragon: Monstrous Meanings in Tolkien’s Stories

The ‘Gay Gene’ Myth Just Won’t Go Away

Quarter of Young Dutch Believe Holocaust Was Made up or “Greatly Exaggerated”

The Spirit of Narcissus and Modern Man

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
Violent Myth and Christian Faith

Gigantomachy—On Slaying Giants and Surviving Ghosts

Tales of Twelve Days, a Christmas Retrospective

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