by Christian Roy | Aug 6, 2020 | Articles, Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions, Theory, Visual Arts
We tend to forget that the advent of the Atomic Age, with the destruction of Hiroshima in a single bomb blast 75 years ago on August 6, 1945, was not greeted with dread so much as with wonder at mankind’s near-divine power over matter. For it was thought that man was...
by Michael Dunn | Jul 27, 2020 | Articles, Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions
Be astonished: a beautiful woman, beheaded 1,700 years ago, still lives. She is the patron of miners, tunnellers, armourers, military engineers, artillerymen, gunsmiths and those who handle explosives. People put up her effigy at the entrance to tunnels and mines, and...
by Jean-Philippe Marceau | Jun 29, 2020 | Bible, Liturgy, Theory
In a previous post, 1 I introduced St Paul’s head-body symbolism. In this post, I want to examine one of his richest and most meaningful uses of this symbolism. In Col 1:24, the apostle writes: “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh...
by Eugene Schreder | Jun 16, 2020 | Articles, Bible
As a resident of Minnesota who has a platform, I feel it my responsibility to offer my take on the current horrendous situation. With that in mind, I will postpone Part II to my Bestiary article for another time, but this article will also be helpful for understanding...
by Derek J Fiedler | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles, Bible, Theory
Telling a story daunts writers these days. On one hand, Big Data has collected an unimaginable storehouse of facts and events. People have never been more informed. Writers have more facts at their fingertips than ever before. In addition, due to the global...
by Eugene Schreder | May 20, 2020 | — Bestiary, Articles, Bible, Folk Stories & Traditions, Short Stories, Theory
This is part I in a two-part article, and the first article in a series of posts that discuss the symbolism of a particular and peculiar literary tradition within Western Europe. Collectively, this body of works is called “the Bestiary.” To reduce this mysterious...
