What Can Lead a Weary Soul to the Divine in a Post-Christian World?

 

Malcolm Guite is back for part two of our chat with him, and this time we go from atheism to awe, from the Psalms to the Holy Grail, and from Keats to King Arthur. Malcolm tells the wild story of how poetry cracked open his imagination and shattered his unbelief, leading him into the living presence of God — then shows why Galahad and the Grail might be the ancient, weird, luminous story our burned-out, disenchanted world needs now.

 

00:00 - The Sonnet Epiphany 1. Magi

01:28 - Introduction to Malcolm Guite Part 2

03:37 - From Atheism to Wonder 

06:27 - Encountering Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale"

12:11 - The Augustinian Idea of Beauty

15:18 - You Are Not the Center of the Universe

20:44 - "Take Up the Tale" A Ballad Introducing Guite's Arthurian Epic

23:54 - Why Does Retelling the Arthurian Legends Matter Now?

25:06 - The Truth of the Wasteland in the Modern World

27:19 - Conclusion and Credits

 

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Mentioned In This Episode:

• Malcolm Guite's Galahad in the Grail
• Malcolm Guite's Epiphany 1 The magi
• Malcolm Guite's Sounding the Seasons
• C.S. Lewis's Surprised by Joy
• John Keats' Ode to a Nightingale
• Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo's The Confessions Of Saint Augustine

 

Scriptures Referenced In This Episode:

• Psalm 145 (1928 BCP)
• The Psalms (Coverdale edition) PDF version

 

More from Malcolm Guite:

• Malcolm Guite's website and blog
• Malcolm Guite's Youtube channel
• Malcolm Guite's books

 

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