What We’re Reading
Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d’Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory’s compilation of the Arthurian legends is an iconic work of storytelling through the code of chivalry and civil…
A Continent on the Brink, on Foot: Remembering Patrick Leigh Fermor
December 1933. An eighteen-year-old Englishman, equipped with sturdy boots and a rucksack, set out on a rain-soaked afternoon from London toward the Dutch coast. He carried little…
February is the Longest Month
I stand in the way of growth frozen in place so long have I been without the sun Deeply have I settled among grass roots and leaf…
Human Frailty, Evil, and Grace in the Novels of Jane Austen
The novels of Jane Austen are regarded by some readers as overly sanguine and removed from the real world of politics and social issues. War does not…
Searching for Love in Cities of Death
“Things were not that simple anymore…” “Postmodernism” is a difficult word, which can mean a lot of things. For French philosopher, Jean-Francois Lyotard, it represents the…
The Medieval Roots of Modern Psychology
The clinical practice of psychology often tells a story about its own nativity that is implicitly triumphalist. Since the time of the Enlightenment, we are said to…
The World by X-Machina
Why do you expect to see | the kingdom come before thee? You complain it isn’t here—like a tram or bus— Is that how it should be?…
Richard Weaver and MAGA Politics: A Response
In historical analysis, establishing influence and causation is a precarious task. While the safest method is to find direct attribution in one source to the other, a…
The Lady and the Fountain: A Glittering Retelling of an Arthurian Legend
The tail end of last year witnessed the publication of The Lady and the Fountain, the debut book of Hannah Athol, a PhD candidate in biological engineering…
On The Philosophy of Mircea Eliade
Well known in the academic world as a scholar in the History of Religions, it is usually ignored that Mircea Eliade had a strong philosophical formation. Taking…
Vanished in Appalachia
The morning sky is still black and dark As my eyes awake and look on high. A chorus of birds begin to sing for me As the…
On the Genealogy of “Vibes” Politics
The mayoral triumph of Zohran Mamdani has sent shockwaves throughout the American political mainstream. Just as the meteoric rise of President Donald Trump in 2016 destabilized the…
Father of the Nocturne: On the Music of John Field
Say the word “nocturne” to anyone remotely familiar with classical music and they’ll probably answer with one word: “Chopin.” This is an understandable response, given that Chopin’s…
Re-enchantment in Philosophy
Ours is an age when the humanities have been gutted and decimated by radical ideological mendacity. Today several generations of students, and readers alike, have never heard…
At Home in the Snow
I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places -Frost, ‘Desert Places’ Now a downy snow floats down…