Always Once and Future: Arthur as Archetype

“According to Jung there exists, in addition to the individual unconscious, a collective unconscious which is common to the whole human race . . . . Being very primitive, it […]

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The Mystery of Love

Oscar Wilde’s play, Salome: A Tragedy in One Act, is a rather twisted reimaging of the beheading of John the Baptist. The overarching narrative of the play is the desirability […]

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Again, I Say

In Their Mother’s Arms is a post-apocalyptic dystopia set on two islands: OPS, the false utopia island, and D’nalreven, the island where outcast children have made a home. OPS is […]

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Violence of Fire

The night was dark and still: starless, moonless, windless. If not for the groans of the shifting planks and the light smack of oars against sea, there would be no […]

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Desolation

For over a decade I have been an educator in one fashion or another. My teaching has ranged from Biblical Studies to Theology, History, English, Philosophy, and even a bit […]

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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

In late summer 2021, as a sort of final “hoorah!” before holiday ended and the term began again, I whisked my family off on a three-day vacation to San Antonio, […]

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Carry On

Like bells of Rivendell ring (They sing! They sing!), Her song, it summons hungry hearts to hear. Harken your ear. A sudden goldfinch rings With songs of grace — its […]

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Contrary Winds: Tolkien’s Priority of Faith and Family as Presented in Tolkien’s Modern Reading

It is difficult to be immersed in a world of contrary winds and hold steady to one’s course. And yet, this is precisely what J.R.R. Tolkien did. Although he is […]

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The Chain-Breaker in Plato’s Allegory

In a story so ingrained in Western culture that it has become like a dead metaphor, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” describes one man’s ascent from the Land of Shadows […]

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Excerpt from Strength in Weakness: Myth Reimagined

Epigraph   Theseus, Great and Mighty! Can you hear it in your sleep? As you rest in foolish pride, the wise and truthful weep. Listen to the sound, their accorded […]

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