Near my home lies a fairy forest. It started in the winter of 2020 and has gradually grown through the spring of 2021. At first blush, this folk project may seem a strange phenomenon, but its existence shows not only a longing for, but the inevitable return of...
Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf – mountains; and then find somewhere where I can rest. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Ring, “A Long-Expected Party” INTRODUCTION Mountains are locations where the access to the sky is...
The Vulnerary of Christ-The Mysterious Emblems of the Wounds in the Body and Heart of Jesus Christ has recently been published after a near century of being lost. For its rediscovery, reconstitution and publication we are indebted to Gauthier Pierozak, a French...
The cyclopes are commonly thought of as a race of one-eyed giants. This description, however, can be doubly misleading. Firstly, the cyclopes do not belong to the race of gigantes proper, being “gigantic” only in the sense of being physically large and in the sense of...
In struggling to expand on my introduction to the Bestiary in an understandable, yet relatively brief fashion, I have realized that the most effective way to do so would be with reference to Jonathan Pageau’s “Cosmic Image.” Here, we find a worthy effort to show the...
Across cultures and across time, the iconic image of horse and rider is ever familiar. By such images, the wars they brought and their conquest of kingdoms or wilderness is communicated in romantic invocation. We understand its meaning intuitively. We...
