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Narnia in Narnia: Rediscovering the Hidden World Through Platonic Wisdom

What is Thinking? Heidegger’s Mystical Link Between Thought and Gratitude

Rene Girard On The Cycle of Sacred Violence: Can It Ever Be Broken?

The Manger of No Hope: How True Hope is Born in Obscurity

Bilbo's Dangerous Business of Stepping Out the Door and Finding Himself

“You Lie!”: C.S. Lewis’s Brilliant Rebuttal to Modern Mind Games

Namelessness and the Loss of Self: How a Person Becomes the Mouth of Sauron

Malnourished by AI: The Rise of “All-Human” Language and the Return to Authenticity

When Life Runs Dry, Friends Draw Water: Finding Sweetness in Simple Moments

Headed in the Wrong Direction: The Perils of Predicting the Future in Dante’s Hell

Why Can’t We Speak Like Elizabeth Bennet Anymore?

Be Like the Bee: Taste Life and Let the Honey Flow

Why Laughter is the True Measure of Seriousness

The Crisis of Fatherhood: Rekindling the Joyful Witness with Father Jove

Lost in Translation: How “Virtue” Shaped and Left the Virtuoso

Breaking Free: Why Sanity Requires a Universe Larger Than Yourself

The Pure Gold of Chesterton's Dandelions: Finding Fairy Tales in the Ordinary

Why Usury Was Considered a Deadly Sin or How Time Became Money

Swallowed by Beauty: Pinocchio's Painful Journey from Death to Life

Dante’s Journey Through Hell and the Labyrinth’s Paradox: Down Is Up

When Dialectics Vanishes: Lessons from Lenin, Berdyaev, and St. Francis

A Thousand Years of Laughter: C.S. Lewis on the Three All-Important Things

From Solomon to St. Francis: The Secret of True Happiness

Why 'Zero Tolerance for AI' Is Becoming a Client Demand

Framed for Beauty: Rising Above Constraints to Create Masterpieces

Aristotle and the Mystery of the Whole: What Makes Something Truly Alive?

The Celestial Rose and The Point of Life: Lessons from Dante and Lewis

From Inflated to Inspired: The Path to True Greatness

Stockings Full of Legs: Finding Wonder in the Unexpected with G.K. Chesterton

From Brokenness to Wholeness: The Enneagram and the Redemption of Adam's Nine Pieces

Blaise Pascal: In a World of Fakes, Only the Heart Discerns the Real

Eucatastrophe in History: How the 20th Century Gave Rise to Luminaries

The Face Behind the Rain: How Smiles Teach Us to Respond to Divine Love

Aesthetics vs. Anesthetics: Healing Begins When We Stop Numbing

The Paradox of the Mother’s Hand: The Infinite Power of Fragility

I Am Who I Am: The Power of Authenticity and The Top Regret of the Dying

Playing on the Beach: How Sir Isaac Newton Felt About Himself

Magnet or Chain: How to Tell an Authority from an Authoritarian

The Mystery of False and True Mirrors: Discovering Yourself in a Loving Gaze

The Spirit of Rivendell: Where Words Are Born, Not Found

Taming the Inner Beast: The Power of Integrating Your Emotions

Why You Can Only Give What You Don’t Have: Gratitude’s Path to Happiness

When Love Meets Fear: Spiritual Antitheses in Dostoyevsky’s Masterpiece

Why Sensitivity Is the Key to Realness: the Search for the Real in a World of Artificiality

When Knowledge Becomes a Bait: How the Myth of Prometheus Mirrors Our Modern Quest

Dante and the Mystery of Evil: We Always Become What We Do

From Surrogate Heaven to Sacred Heart: The Paradox of Empire’s Promise

Nenya and the Price of Power: Galadriel’s Choice Against the Machine

When Community and Immunity Collide: A Trinity-Inspired Truth

From Loving Stalin to Loving Truth: The Journey Beyond the Half-Truths

Gaudí’s Masterpiece: A Cathedral of Testimonies, Not Dollars

Awakening the World Beyond Sight: Barfield’s Mystical Vision in The Silver Trumpet

The Force of Beauty: How Transcendence Drives the Best Stories

Is the World a Nesting Doll?

When the Mind is in Hell, the Heart is in Heaven: Contemplation as Self-Emptying

Two Faces, One Truth: What Optical Illusions Reveal About Reality

God’s Middle Name is Surprise: How a 17th-Century Painting Pulls Us into the Present

The Heart of Freedom: Understanding Liberal Arts as Love’s Liberation

When Heaven Tucks You In: Finding God’s Warmth in Rain and Snow

From Shadows to Feast: Seeing the World as Epiousion with Jesus

Where Light Haunts the Shadow: Lúthien, Galadriel, and the Music of the Heart

Giotto’s Cosmic Riddle: The Planets and Man’s Call to Rise Above Himself

The Economy of ‘Being’: How Tom Bombadil and Diocletian Escaped Power's Grip

Rumi’s Secret to Understanding: Love as the Key to Meaning

One Year on Substack: Rediscovering the Art of “School” and the Sound of the Soul

Unopened Letters and Gutted Books: Kierkegaard’s Call to Direct Experience

Lost Center: How Medieval Art and Children’s Drawings Challenge Our View of Reality

From Shadows to Sunlight: Embracing the Journey of Transformation with Puddleglum

Becoming Nothing to Birth Everything: The Hidden Power of the 4th Commandment

The Fragile Strength of Ents: How Beauty Shatters the Machine

From Doomscrolling to Joy: Rewriting My Morning Mindset

The Illusion of the Ordinary: Recognizing the Stars in Human Form

The Indirect Gaze of Perseus: The Wisdom of Shielding Against Evil

The Box We Shouldn’t Open: The Paradox of Knowledge and Trust

From Skepticism to Wonder with Paul Ricœur: The Shift from Hermeneutics of Suspicion to Trust

Semantics Wars: How Language Shapes the World We See

Re-Collecting Reality with Plato and C.S. Lewis — the Parenting of Perception

Doing Nothing is Everything: The Creative Silence That Unlocks Your True Self

Beyond the Spectacle with Aristotle: Confronting the True Nature of Evil Within

Tom Bombadil’s Song: How Love Transforms Forests into Gardens

The Finger Points, but We Stare at the Finger: Seeing Beyond Symbols with Owen Barfield

Caught by Truth: Kierkegaard on How Experience Leads to Simplicity

Turning Off the Voice: What Aragorn Knew About the Power of Words

Broken Light, Broken Wisdom: How Saruman Lost the White and Gandalf Found it

When Words Flow Like Tears: The Mysterious Art of Epiphora

Suffocating on a Pedestal: Soviet Communism and the Paradox of Human Self-Elevation

From Monsters to Lovers: C.S. Lewis's Archetype of Meeting God Face to Face

From Spit to Spirit: Diogenes, Cynicism, and the Face of God

The Enchanted Circle: Divine Sophia’s Call to Dance, Laugh, and Heal

Too Deep into Darkness: C.S. Lewis, Saruman, and the Spiritual Strain of Looking at Evil

From Marching to Play: How Maria Revived the Heart of Captain von Trapp

From Lethe to Eunoe with Dante: The Rivers of Memory and the Path to Heaven

The Elf-Warrior Within: How Light Turns Ordinary Beings Into Spiritual Giants

When the World Stands on Its Head: Paradox and Purpose of Wonderland

From Teams to Circles with C.S. Lewis: Finding the Fire of Shared Wonder

The Anti-Gravity of Love: Ascending with Dante Through the Wounds of Beauty

When Legends Fight for Your Life: Frodo’s Secret Weapon Against Evil

The Temple of Clear Vision: Finding Ourselves in Every Gaze

Fëanor’s Flame: The Beautiful Burden of Light or Mothering Without Smothering

When Friends Fill the Jars: How Everyday Talks Become Life’s Best Wine

From Pantheon to Paradise: The Duality of Belonging and Freedom

The Mountain of Witness: A Father's Quiet Strength and Aeneas's Feat

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Host, Heal, Hail: The Sacred Journey Back to Wholeness in Santa Maria della Scala

Digory Kirke's Impossible Choice: Why He Chose to Trust Aslan Over the White Witch

The Triumph of the Second Orpheus: How Death Flees from the Victorious Dead

The Loose Rope of Freedom: Finding True Independence at the Hand of God with Ex Voto

Vitruvian Man vs. Divine Embrace: Rediscovering Humanity in God's Womb with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien

Stronger Than Ourselves: The Real Hero's Journey in True Myth

Frozen in Time: The Danger of Gazing at What’s Lost with Lot's Wife

Frodo, Peter, and Dante: How Turning Over Failures Unlocks the Gates of Paradise

Fair Faces and Foul Hearts: Recognizing True Allies in a World of Deception

Why AI Can't Teach Language: The Difference Between a Model and True Communication

Why Museums Fail When They Forget the Muses

When the Name Makes the Difference: How Frodo’s ‘Pointless’ Stabs Changed Everything

The Irony Trap: How Postmodernism’s Jokes Became a Dead End

Springtime for the Soul: John Zizioulas on The Power of Communion with Being

From Medieval Thieves to Modern Minds: What Medieval Satire Reveals About Our Spiritual Blindness

Beyond Triumph: Chesterton and Tolkien on How to Fight a Losing Battle and Still Win

Sell Cleverness, Buy Bewilderment: The Path of the True Teacher

From Weakness to Wonder: Seeing God's Hand in Life's Fragility With Decameron

Above Time and Electrified: The Heavenly Joy of Barnabas in Acts 14

Dancing Out of Darkness: How Joining the Great Dance Transforms the Mind

The Blindness We Learn: What Kittens and the Grand Inquisitor Teach Us About True Freedom

AI, Idols, and the Living Word in C.S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength

Roots, Radii, and Radical Love: The Geometry of Spiritual Fulfillment

Philology vs. Linguistics: The Love Affair with Words vs. The Science of Language

The Little Things That Matter: G.K. Chesterton's Journey of Wonder and Wisdom

Eä and Embodied Epiphany: Tolkien’s Medieval Mind in The Silmarillion

The Idol of "-Isms": Why Collectivism Fails Where Community Thrives

Beyond the Textbook: How Awe and Love Ignite the True Spirit of Learning

The Tree of Life: How Tolkien’s Mallorn Symbolizes Our Dual Nature

From Forests Dark to Stars of Light: How Beatrice’s Eyes and Aristotle’s Wisdom Reveal the Path to True Happiness

From Particles to Parables: Understanding the World Through the Lens of Wave-Particle Duality

The Sound of True Words: How Karl Barth and Tolkien Taught Us to Listen Beyond the Surface

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From Darth Vader to Anakin: The Inner Child’s Journey to Redemption

Reepicheep's Call: The Sacred Adventure of Play and Mystery

The Devil’s Scheme: Why Being Trapped Between Two Lies Keeps Us Blind

The Tragedy of Not Being Yourself: Lessons from Rabbi Zusya

Why the Heart of Every Company Is Sharing Bread Together

My New Book "Daily Spiritual Readings from Literature Classics: Devotional Book for Life Inspiration"

Why Our Son Doesn’t Need a Dose of Hell to Prepare Him for Life

The Point of It All: Dante's and C.S. Lewis' Vision of Wholeness

The Divine Irony: How Providence Smiles Through Our Foolishness

Awakening Desire: Boccaccio, Dante, and the Birth of the Renaissance

Why True Burdens Don’t Weigh Us Down: Lessons from Skovoroda and Christ

The Gift of Light: How Galadriel Gave Gimli a Home

Rebuilding Joy: How Reims' Smiling Angel Defied Despair

From Plato to Narnia: How Modern Education Lost Its Way

Chesterton's Full Stop: Why Every Sentence Must End with a Point

Göbekli Tepe: The Temple That Rewrote History's Script

The Sleeping Metaphor Awakes: How a Rabbit and Grapes Reveal Coptic Hope

Anne of Green Gables: A Barfieldian Journey into Imagination and Reality

Nothing and Everything: The Enigmatic Sanity of Tom Bombadil and Winnie-the-Pooh

Swallows and Souls: The Ancient Greek Symbolism of Eternal Flight

The Pea of Truth: Sensitivity as the Essence of Realness in Andersen’s Tales

Little and Happy: Isaac Newton's Ocean of Truth and the Paradox of Humility

Aesthetics vs. Anesthetics: The Battle for Our Senses

Tolkien's Vision and the True Meaning of Subduing the Earth

Tasting Wonder: G.K. Chesterton’s Poetic Tribute to Cheese

The Womb of Morality: How the First Four Commandments Birth True Ethics

From Denethor to Gandalf: The Power of Waiting for the Turn of the Tide

In Love with Words: The Secret to Unraveling the Princess's Fate

The Pure Gold of Chesterton's Dandelions: Finding Fairy Tales in the Ordinary

Escaping the Screen's Deception: From Cold War Fears to Human Connections

Melkor's Anti-Creations: From the Light of Ents to the Shadow of Trolls

The End of Dialectics: St. Francis's Divine Encounter and the Unity of All Things

Glimpsing the Divine: How Aletheia Saves Us from the Shadows of Lethe

Beyond the Soviet Abridgment: The Spiritual Core of Robinson Crusoe

Beyond Narcissus: Finding Our True Face in the Divine Mirror

G.K. Chesterton on the Magic of Constraints: Why Every Masterpiece Needs a Frame

The Fine Line Between Help and Control: Insights from Enneagram Type 2 and Modern Technology

A Thousand Years of Laughter: C.S. Lewis on the Three All-Important Things

Conversations with Mutton and Sequoias: Embracing the Unseen

The Silence Beyond Las Vegas: A Journey from Noise to Revelation

Win the Game by Forgetting the Score: The Art of Play According to Soccer Coaches and Ronaldo

The Aftermath of Beryl: Power Outages, Storms, and the Resilience of the Humble

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Transforming Pain: Embrace the Desert to Break the Cycle of Suffering

Frolicking in the Face of Danger: Lessons from the Creek and Middle-Earth

From Sword to Verse: Rivendell's Healing Power in 'Many Meetings'

Beyond Mud Pies: Awakening Our True Desire for Infinite Joy with C.S. Lewis

How Texts Come Alive: Encountering Meaning Through Presence

From Shadows to Stars: Spiritual Giants of the Most Atheistic Century

Fair Looks, Foul Hearts: How Frodo Discerned True Friends from Hidden Enemies

The Power of Tales: How Aragorn's Discernment and Elvish Lore Saved Frodo

G.K. Chesterton on Finding Sanity in a World Bigger Than Your Mind

From Presidential Debate to Theosis: Experiencing the Energies of Presence

The Surprising Relationship Between Trauma and Miracle: Finding Wonder in Wounds

Change Your Life to Change Your Mind: The Power of Embodied Wisdom

The Resurrection Echo: From Frodo to Harry — the Promise of Never Being Abandoned

The Light Reveals All: Aslan, Galadriel, and the Judgment From Within

The Road Goes Ever On and On: Journeying Away to Come Back Home

Why True Myths Resonate: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage

It Takes a Village: The Role of Sub-Creation in Raising a Child

Niagara Falls: An Icon Beyond the Spectacular Show

Gratitude: The Ancient Wisdom and Modern Neuroscience of Healing The Mind and Body

The Healing Symbol: How False Mythology and Vodka Helped My Grandfather Cope with War's Trauma

The Paradox of Love: How a Souvenir Shop in Wytheville Sparked Reflections on Pygmalion

Samwise Gamgee: The Grounding Hero of Tolkien's World

Through the Looking Glass: Finding Sense in Nonsense With Lewis Carroll and G.K. Chesterton

The Magnetic Eyes of St. Francis and the Dilemma of Pope Innocent III

The Hidden Hand of the Valar: How Middle-earth's Guardians Shaped History with Laughter

C.S. Lewis on Wonder as the Driving Force of True Friendship

From Interpretation to Incarnation: Rediscovery of Meaning with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht

The Ultimate Ripple Effect: From Cursed Adam to Blessed Earth

The Mockery of Good Creation: Melkor's Descent into Unlight

Finding Mother: Sasha's Poems and the Divine Embrace of Love

Milk and Meaning: C.S. Lewis on the Spirit of the Age and the Battle for Logos

You Don’t Need a Huge Weapon to Slay a Dragon

The Sufficient Jewel: The Meaning Behind Boromir and Faramir's Names in Tolkien's Legendarium

Pagan Imagery in C.S. Lewis: From Demons to Icons of Divine Grace

Embracing the Shadow: How Luke Skywalker Redeemed the Dark Side Within

The King's Eyes: How a Father's Silent Witness Shapes His Sons

The Mystery of Epiousion: Why Jesus Loved to Play With Words

150-Year-Old Chesterton on the Main Paradox of Knowledge

Tolkien's Fires: The Eternal Flame of Creation vs. The Unquenchable Fire of Hell

Father Jove as an Ancient Witness to the Power of Witness

How the Blind Can See "The Sun and Other Stars"

C.S. Lewis on Why All Girls Want to Be Princesses and Boys Knights

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The Art of Sense-Making and Face-Seeking

The Spiritual Meaning of the Desert in Dostoyevsky's The Grand Inquisitor

What Do We Need to Write Like Tolkien?

The Roller Coaster of Jane Austen's Subordinate Clauses

How to Embody the Sabbath - Texas Longhorn Cows and Albert Lynch

Adam and Eve as An Echo of "Three in One"

What is Tradition - Worship of Ashes or Preservation of Fire?

Reposting my recent article on Homo Ludens by Johan Huizinga.

The Sweetness of Play: How Bees and Humans Thrive by "Beeing"

How to Recognize the Voice of Divine Sophia

How to Change your Inner News Channel

The Paradox of Knowledge and Technology in Heidegger and Tolkien

From Erase to Embrace: Discovering Truth in the Dance of Paradox

How Phil Connors Broke Out of the Groundhog Day and Lost His Shadow

"You Are Psyche" - Butterfly as a Divine Symbol of the Soul

J.R.R. Tolkien on How He Wrote His Books

C.S. Lewis and the Long-Forgotten Secret of the Shadowlands

Helen Keller's Secret Question: "Am I Worthy of Your Relentless Love?"

The Paradox of Self-Confidence - Cease Striving

How Friends Draw Water and Jesus Turns it into Wine

The Mystery of Kissing and Healing

Melkor and Galadriel - Two Types of Ruling

The Mystery of Drawing Faces... and Drawing out God

The Nature of Violence According to Rene Girard

Wilderness as a Sacred Place to Find Yourself

Jesus and the Inner Abundance Enigma

C.S. Lewis on Humility and the Magnetic Pull of Wonder

Carl Jung's Counterintuitive Solution for Addiction

How to Join the Playing God According to Johan Huizinga

What Was Wrong With The Moral Code of the Builder of Communism

Epiphora as a Trope and Eye Disease

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - How to Resurrect Magic

From Poiesis to Pottery: Unveiling the Divine Art of Making

Moving Metaphors in Greece and Beyond

G.K. Chesterton on the Curse of the Midas Touch

Divine Framing - There and Back Again

Logotherapy and the Art of Sensemaking

From Wound to Wonder - the Uncanny Gift of Transcending War

The Subtle Art of Being a Critic

How to See the World as a Nesting Doll

Fëanor, Morgoth, and Jesus on Morality

Are We Ready to Be Kings?

The Mystery of the Inner Child

How Not to Fall into Lethe

The "Fool's Hope" of Gandalf Embodied in the Sun

A Piece of Gandalf's Wisdom - How Not to Be Devoured By Time

Narcissism and Narcotics in a Nutshell

Perceiving the Invisible: The Frozen Light in Van Gogh and Aivazovsky

Luna's Adventure: A Tale of the Moon and the Sun

How Dostoyevsky Framed Ivan Karamazov

Why Communism Will Always Come Back Unless Transcended

An Intriguing Twist to Beauty and the Beast

From Mess to Message - the Real Cause of All Divisions

Phenomenology or Why It Matters How the World Appears to Us

Finding Your Inner Patronus: Transforming Darkness into Light with the Power of Joyful Memories

That Magical Magnetic Field (A Short Story)

Beauty versus Authority: The Dichotomy of Spiritual Approaches in "The Brothers Karamazov"

Melkor's Cacophony and Response-ability

Mandos and Nienna - the Symbols of Good Friday and Holy Saturday

The Bridge Who Was a Giant (A Spiritual Tale)

The Sleeping Time in C.S. Lewis’s The Silver Chair

Achieving the divine "I AM" with Rabbi Zusya

Wonder as the Driving Force of True Friendship

The Wisdom of Knitting: How Gandalf Heard the Subtle Melody of Providence

How to Become A Mother of God

From Wound to Wisdom: Ungoliant as Melkor's Shadow Self

Sagrada Familia: A Testament to Patience and Beauty Amidst War and Waiting

C.S. Lewis on the Birth Of Metaphor

St. Francis and the Holy Electricity

Joining the Dance of the Planets with C.S. Lewis

How Owen Barfield Set the Tone for All the Fantasy Books by the Inklings

The Journey of Perception: From Literal to Poetic

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The Wisdom of the Trinity - How to Glimpse Oneness in Otherness

The Only Secret That Humbles by Elevating to the Third Heaven

"You Are Psyche" - Butterfly as a Divine Symbol of the Soul

Fëanor's Plight - How to Sub-Create Without Becoming Greedy

The Mystery of Attention: The Battle Between Light and Darkness

The Final Message of Tolkien Before Departing to Faerie

Éowyn's Sacred Wound: The Irony of Fate and the Doom of the Witch-king

From Survival to Frolicking With a Leviathan

What are some things that help you deal with shame?

What you Cannot Feel you Cannot Heal

How Angels Envied Nikolay Zabolotsky

How Mr. Tumnus Nudged C.S. Lewis to Create Narnia

C.S. Lewis on How to Resurrect our Desires

Thomas Merton and the Mystery of Martyrdom

What Dante Saw in Beatrice's Eyes: the Art of Penetrating the Images

Making Bread as a Parable of Who I Am

The Transparent Skyscraper: A Tale of Unveiled Realities

Rediscovering Humanity in Text: A Journey from Method to Spirit

True Reward as the Burgeoning Flower of Who You Are

The Kindergarten of Creation: The Musica Universalis in Me

Why Tolkien and Lewis Disliked Cars

Rene Girard – The Only Power that Can End Eruptions of Violence

The Healing Tears of Nienna: Lessons in Pity and Hope from Gandalf

The Mythology of War: Healing the Divided Soul through Empathy and Symbol

Samwise Gamgee: The Grounding Hero of Tolkien's World

"None of Gandalf's Deeds Were Needless" – Transformation Through Griefwork

Carl Jung and the Paradox of Strength in Surrender

Shedding Egypt's Grip: How to Stop Personal and National Insanity

Are We Prepared to Meet with Wonder Face to Face?

Alexei Navalny in the Myth of Narcissus and Echo

The New Exodus: Escaping Putin's War. Chapter 9.

Augustine: Why We Love the Right Things in the Wrong Order

Houston's Morning Traffic: A Journey from Frustration to Revelation with Dante

Real Names Tell You the Story....

Unveiling C.S. Lewis's Archetype: Lost in the Fog and Encountering the Divine

Have you Ever Been Inside an Icon?

Three Pillars of Totalitarianism According to the Grand Inquisitor

What was Gandalf's "Fool's Hope"?

I Wonder if Tucker Carlson Saw That

What one thing surprised you recently?

What Tolkien Wrote to Naomi Mitchison About Tom Bombadil

How Aragorn Saved Eowyn from the Shadow of Himself

That Hideous Strength—the Importance of Calling a Spade a Spade

The Secret of Kells. What Will Save Us: Walls or Beauty?

The New Exodus. Chapter 8. Touching God’s peace with your hands

Do you have a favorite myth?

C.S. Lewis on the Timeless Alchemy of Myth, Anamnesis, and Creative Inspiration

An Enchanting Connection Between Harry Potter, Viktor Frankl, and Tolkien

Why We Need To Get Old Enough To Start Reading Fairy Tales Again

The Hydra Dilemma: Shifting Focus from External Problems to Inner Solutions

The Cloud of Unknowing: Embracing Vulnerability and Divine Symphony

How to Silence Your Inner Saruman

How Owen Barfield and C.S. Lewis Saved the Images

How to Play Your Way Into Excellence

The Music of Silence and the Language of Heaven

Dalai Lama's Dream About the 21st Century

The New Exodus. Chapter 7. Police, Ice Cream, and PTSD

Why Hobbits And Elves Love All Things That Grow

The Most Obvious Form of Modern-Day Idolatry

How Did Harry Potter Reverse What Voldemort Did to Himself?

Why Human Beings Love Drama

The New Exodus. Chapter 6. Dolphins, Deer, and Passport Control

Why blaming others for how we feel keeps us from experiencing real joy?

Why it is Impossible to Force Your Way into Excellence

The Spiritual Meaning of the Desert in Dostoyevsky's The Grand Inquisitor

Why Is There No Explicit Religion in J.R.R. Tolkien's Works?

The Mystery of Self-Confidence - Doing The Things You Are Already Good At

The New Exodus. Chapter 5. Will They Let Us Out?

C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield: Do Languages Get Simpler or More Complex Over Time?

What poem has moved you deeply?

C.S. Lewis on How Words Lose and Regain their Being

What Negative Thoughts and Emotions Do to Our Physical Bodies

Ainulindalë as a Prophecy of the Ultimate Sacrifice in Tolkien's World

Chapter 4. The fateful decision

Why the Two Trees of Yavanna Have "Most Renown," and About Their Fate All the Tales of the Elder Days Are Woven?

What is the Connection Between Enjoying What You Do and Getting Good Results?

Chapter 3. War and Peace

Groundhog Day and the Fall of Numenor

Chapter 2. Mark and Leo

In What Way Does the Fall of Numenor Reflect the Fall of Sauron?

Chapter 1. "Special military operation"

Why did Aragorn Warn the Hobbits Three Times NOT to Say the Word “Mordor” on Weathertop?

Transcending Modern-Day Idolatry in Owen Barfield’s Fairy-Tale The Silver Trumpet

Martin Heidegger and the Gifts of Sauron