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“I'm capable of a great jerk, an effort, and then a relaxation—but steady, every-day goodness is beyond me. I must be a moral kangaroo!”
-Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
In our final episode before the summer break, Phoebe and Rachel are joined by their good friend, and long-time Risking Enchantment listener, Jacob Moran, to discuss his favourite novel: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell. We discuss how Gaskell demonstrates the precariousness of the moral life, even or perhaps especially in middle class and comfortable lives. The novel highlights the need to cultivate every-day virtue and how easily we can stray from our principles. We explore these themes through the various contrasting characters, including Molly Gibson with her steadfast virtue in difficult circumstances, her step-mother Mrs Gibson with all her facade of care.
We hope you enjoy the summer and we look forward to returning with more Risking Enchantment episodes in September.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson, Jacob Moran
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Works Mentioned:
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Keeping Your Word: Unfashionable Virtues in North and South - Risking Enchantment
‘Advice’ by Robert Crawford
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Collective Recommendation:
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel - Jenny Nicholson
Phoebe:
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot - performed by CityLit Theatre, Chicago
Rachel:
Wildcat (2023)
Jacob:
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
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“Joyful singing and music is likewise a constant invitation to believers and to all people of good will to work hard to give humanity a future rich in hope.”
-Pope Benedict XVI
In this episode we are joined by Katie Marquette, host of the Born of Wonder podcast. We discuss our love of music, what can learn about the human desire to write new songs about our common experiences, and how participating in the creation of music unites us to the music imbued in God’s creation.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Katie Marquette
Listen to Katie’s podcast: Born of Wonder
Follow Rachel on social media: @seekingwatson
Follow Katie on social media: @bornofwonder
Read Katie on Substack: https://bornofwonder.substack.com/
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Join Katie Marquette on a pilgrimage to Ireland: https://www.bornofwonder.com/come-to-ireland-with-me
Rachel was also previously a guest on the Born of Wonder podcast. To listen to that episode, click here: S7:10 EP102: Taylor Swift and the Power of Collective Experience with Rachel Sherlock
Works Referenced:
Music is fundamentally joy, says this professor of music
What about Bad Music?
Pope Benedict XVI and The Power of Music
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Katie: Les Misérables [Katie’s recent episode on this topic: S7:12 EP 104: The Economy of Love in Les Miserables with Maddie Dobrowski]
Rachel: Detectorists
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"We are watchful for works written in a contemporary idiom that yet reach the roots of fundamental questions, that honor the almost three-thousand-year-long conversations committed to these questions, and that incite our hunger for the splendor of truth."
Masthead for Wiseblood Books
We are delighted to welcome to the podcast Mary Finnegan, deputy editor at Wiseblood Books, a small Catholic press which fosters works of fiction, poetry, and philosophy. In our episode today we discuss the process of publishing, how to strive for excellent in craft while encouraging new writers, and publishing as a vocation. We dive into Dana Gioia's essay "The Catholic Writer Today" and address the problems facing Catholic writing and publishing in our current times.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Mary Finnegan
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Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Wiseblood Books: https://www.wisebloodbooks.com/
University of St Thomas: Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Dappled Things: https://www.dappledthings.org/
Works Mentioned
"The Catholic Writer Today" by Dana Gioia - Article in First Things
The Catholic Writer Today by Dana Gioia - Monograph by Wiseblood
Mystery and Manners by Flannery O'Connor
"Christianity and Poetry" by Dana Gioia - Article in First Things
Christianity and Poetry by Dana Gioia - Monograph by Wiseblood
Under Satan's Sun by Georges Bernanos
The Demons: A Double-Volume Novel by Heimito von Doderer
Seneca: The Madness of Hercules, Translated and Introduced by Dana Gioia
Memory's Abacus: Poems by Anna Lewis
Painting Over the Growth Chart: Poems, by Dan Rattelle
Works of Mercy by Sally Thomas
How to Think Like a Poet by Ryan Wilson
What We're Enjoying at the Moment
"A Theology of Fiction" by Cassandra Nelson
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
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“What does the Lord want of me? Of course, this is always a great adventure, but life can be successful only if we have the courage to be adventurous, trusting that the Lord will never leave me alone, that the Lord will go with me and help me.”
– Pope Benedict XVI
For this episode of Risking Enchantment, Rachel and Phoebe discuss Arthur Ransome’s series of children’s books known as the Swallows and Amazons series. These books are full of wonder and imagination as well as practical detail, as they follow a group of children spending their holidays in the Lake District of northern England. The children sail, set up camp, climb mountains and have many delightful adventures. In our podcast discussion we explore the importance of this sense of adventure for both children and adults, and how this relates to our spiritual lives and how we embrace God’s plan for us. We discuss the balance of duty and responsibility with the sense of freedom that this kind of adventuring perspective brings, and we highlight the connection with Creation that can come from being out in nature.
Works mentioned in this episode
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Matilda by Roald Dahl
‘Swallows and Amazons for Ever!’ Slightly Foxed, by Jim Ring
Spe Salvi by Pope Benedict XVI
“Encounter of His Holiness Benedict XVI with the Youth, Saint Peter's Square, Thursday, 6 April 2006”
S2:9 EP18: Wonder in a Digital Age, Born of Wonder podcast
“Swallows, Amazons and Adventure, Part 1” by Jon Sparks
“Oxford Junior Dictionary’s replacement of ‘natural’ words with 21st-century terms sparks outcry”, The Guardian, Alison Flood
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment:
Phoebe: BBC’s Hildegard von Bingen - In Portrait (1994)
Rachel: Knitting
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“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
David Copperfield, Charles DickensWe are joined for this episode of Risking Enchantment by Catholic author Eleanor Bourg Nicholson. Eleanor has previously published several Gothic novels including, A Bloody Habit (2018) and Brother Wolf (2021), with her latest novel Wake of Malice set to publish later this year.
In this episode we discuss our deep love of the novels of Charles Dickens. We explore three of his greatest works, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby and Great Expectations, each of which follows a young male protagonist through the many adventures, triumphs and pitfalls of his life. In each case we look at the virtues and the failings of these heroes, the Romantic tropes that Dickens employs to characterize them, and the subversions of these that he uses, particularly in the case of Great Expectations.
Works Mentioned:
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Dickens: A Critical Study by G.K. Chesterton
David Copperfield: Ignatius Critical Edition (coming soon) by Charles Dickens
“The Age of Cant” by Theodore Dalrymple
What We are Enjoying at the Moment
Eleanor: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Rachel: Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
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But if there’s nothing, if there’s nothingThen what’s that song that keeps hounding me?In the still dark of the morningJust one more cradle down the creekAu revoir my little memoriesThen tell me: this is not your loss, this is your offering
- Wake, 'Offerings'
In this episode we are joined again by Shane Jenkins to discuss the album Offerings by Typhoon. Led by singer-songwriter Kyle Morton, the album is a fascinating, at times difficult, but ultimately transfixing examination of the end of a life. It follows various characters through the experience of dementia, sickness and death, allowing the listener to enter into that space through its rich musicality and lyricism. In our episode we pull out some of the imagery of the album, it's literary and biblical references and allusions and address its powerful and important themes.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Shane Jenkins
Follow us on social media: @seekingwatson @shanekins
Shane's Website: https://sjenkin46.wixsite.com/ipofollies/about
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Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Works Mentioned
Offerings by Typhoon
Hunger and Thirst by Typhoon
White Lighter by Typhoon
"Kyle Morton & Typhoon: In Conversation with Great Minds" — The DePaul Humanities Center
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
'Little Gidding', The Four Quartets, by T.S. Eliot
The Choruses from The Rock by T.S. Eliot
'The Hound of Heaven' by Francis Thompson
8 1/2, dir. Frederico Fellini
Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
What We're Enjoying at the Moment
Shane:
Cargo by Pio Harnett
Rachel:
The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith
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Welcome back to Risking Enchantment! For our first episode of 2024, Rachel and Phoebe discuss the place that poetry has in our everyday lives, its importance in our faith, and why it’s good to learn poetry by heart. We highlight some of the poems that have been most impactful in our lives and spotlight some of the great resources for Catholics interested in poetry today.
Click here for more information about Select Tours: Irish Wisdom and Wonder Pilgrimage with Katie Marquette and Christy Isinger.
Click here to browse Wiseblood Books.
Works Mentioned:
“Have it by Heart”, The Spectator by Douglas Murray
“Influences”, The Boston Review by Seamus Heaney
“Christianity and Poetry”, First Things by Dana Gioia
100 Great Catholic Poems by Sally Read
“America, and Fall, Needs Poetry”, The American Conservative by Katya Sedgwick
“Should Catholics care about poetry?”, Catholic News Agency, by Mary Farrow
“Catholics Need Poetry” Word on Fire by Andrew Tolkmith
Wiseblood Books
“The Integral Humanism of Poetry,” Evangelisation and Culture by James Matthew Wilson
Poems Referenced:
“The Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
“A Christmas Childhood” by Patrick Kavanagh
“Wind” by Ted Hughes
“Advent” by Patrick Kavanagh
“Little Gidding” by T.S. Eliot
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
“The Road not Taken” by Robert Frost
“Oíche Nollaig na mBan” by Seán Ó Ríordáin
“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
“Ceasefire” by Michael Longely
“The Wasteland” by T.S. Eliot
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"It is emptiness like the hollow in the reed, the narrow restless emptiness which can have only one destiny: to receive the piper’s breath and to utter the song that is in his heart." - Caryll Houselander
In our Christmas episode of Risking Enchantment, we are looking at a seasonal devotional classic, Caryll Houselander’s The Reed of God. This small book packs a powerful punch in its meditations on the humanity of Mary, the Mother of God. We discuss its themes of emptiness, the promise of fulfillment and the secrecy of God’s life growing within us. We reflect on how Christmas can be a time of both joy and grief, but that we can bear God into the world in all the small moments and acts of service in our lives.
We would like to wish all our listeners a very happy Christmas season. Risking Enchantment will return in February 2024.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Mentioned:
The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander
A Rocking Horse Catholic by Caryll Houselander
“Reed of God”, Catholic Insight by Sarah Gould
“Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot
“Into the Dark with God”, You Crown the Year with your Goodness by Hans Urs Von Balthasar
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Christmas Choral Concerts - The Dublin Bach Singers and Culwick Choral Society
Rachel: “Holy Ghost” and “Manna”, Manna Part: 1 by Chris Renzema
“52:10” and “The Color Green”, A Liturgy, A Legacy and a Ragamuffin Band by Rich Mullins
Principium by The Arcadian Wild
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After an unexpected hiatus, Risking Enchantment is back. In this episode we’re taking a look at some classic family movies and what they can tell us about our attitudes towards growing up, and our modern tendency to stay in a perpetual adolescence. We’re looking at the kingdom of Vulgaria in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, where children are illegal but the toy maker is in high demand from the Baron and Baroness. We are also discussing Jim Henson’s Labyrinth where Sarah goes on a journey to leave behind some of her childish ways, and toys, in order to step up to her responsibilities and make new friends.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Mentioned:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Labyrinth (1986)
“You Have No Power Over Me”: When David Bowie Was Satan (A Tribute Of Sorts)
"You Remind Me of the Babe With the Power": How Jim Henson Redefined the Portrayal of Young Girls in Fanastial Movies in His Film, Labyrinth
Everyone needs to grow up
Childless society gone to the dogs, warns Pope
"On Three Ways of Writing for Children" by C.S. Lewis
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
"The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
"How T.S. Eliot Predicted the Coming of Male Millennials"
"The Drift from Domesticity" by G.K. Chesterton
What We're Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rachel: Offerings by Typhoon (album)
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“Fiction is hard if not impossible to write because fiction is so very much an incarnation art…The fact is that the materials of the fiction are the humblest. Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn’t try to write fiction. It’s not a grand enough job for you.” - Flannery O’Connor
In this episode we are joined by Shane Jenkins to discuss the mystery of the author Flannery O’Connor. We delve into her personal writing, in her prayer journal, her letters and her essays, in order to try to understand her and her writing. Much touted for her Catholicism, nevertheless many readers, especially Catholic readers, struggle with the bleak and grotesque imagery in her writing. While the power of her fiction stands on its own, in this episode we take a look at how Flannery’s personality, so vivid in her personal writing, helps position and give context to her fiction in a way that opens it up for readers today.
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Shane Jenkins
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Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Works Mentioned
Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose by Flannery O’Connor
The Habit of Being by Flannery O’Connor
Prayer Journal by Flannery O’Connor
The Complete Short Stories by Flannery O’Connor
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor
Bishop Barron Presents | Ethan and Maya Hawke - Understanding Flannery
Wildcat (2023)
Flannery O'Connor Collection, Word on Fire Classics
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment:
Shane:
Typhoon
The 1975
John Lucas
Rachel
The Bear
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“The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that He was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two.”—William James
In this episode of Risking Enchantment, we are delighted to welcome back Katie Marquette, host of the podcast Born of Wonder, to talk about the experience of liminal spaces, what it means to encounter the numinous, and how we interpret this in our lives of faith. We discuss the Eucharist as the meeting point between heaven and earth, but also the moments of the 'thinning of the veil' to be found in nature and even our own homes.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Katie Marquette
Listen to Katie’s podcast: Born of Wonder
Follow Rachel on social media: @seekingwatson
Follow Katie on social media: @bornofwonder
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Rachel was also previously a guest on the Born of Wonder podcast. To listen to that episode, click here: Falling in Love with Words: Nora Ephron and You’ve Got Mail with Rachel Sherlock
Works Referenced:
Born of Wonder: S4:9 EP51: The Lure of the Edge and Trying to Capture it
Born of Wonder: S4:10 EP52: Thin Places: Lifting the Veil Between Heaven and Earth
A Photographer at the Ends of the Earth
Thomas Joshua Cooper | The World's Edge
Rudolf Otto's 'Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans' of the Numinous Experience
Otto on the Numinous
November: A Thin Place
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
'Effing the Ineffable' by Roger Scruton
Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
What We're Enjoying At the Moment:
Katie: Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie
Rachel: House of David by Molly O'Mahony
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"The man on his holiday becomes the man he might have been, the man he could have been, had things worked out a little differently. All men are equal on their holidays: all are free to dream their castles without thought of expense, or skill of architect. Dreams based upon such a delicate fabric must be nursed with reverence and held away from the crude light of tomorrow week."
- R.C. Sherriff
For our first official episode back, Rachel and Phoebe reflect on the importance of holidays, and the unique opportunity they hold to show virtue and love for your family or fellow travelers. We discuss R.C. Sherriff's tender portrayal of the small family moments on their traditional trip to the sea in The Fortnight in September, and we return to Elizabeth von Arnim's The Enchanted April to look at how selfishness and a need to protect one's own experience and comfort takes away from the spirit of generosity necessary for a good holiday.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works mentioned:
The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
'The War on Holidays' Utopia of Usurers, by G.K. Chesterton
What's Wrong with the World by G.K. Chesterton
What we’re enjoying at the moment:
Phoebe: Evangelium Conference
Rachel: Open mic nights
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"First become a person" - St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
This bonus episode is the recording of a talk I gave over this summer for the Youth 2000 summer festival on Catholic womanhood.
The slides discussed in the talk can be found by clicking the following link: Presentation Slides
To find out more about Youth 2000 Ireland and their mission click here: Youth 2000
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Follow me on social media: @seekingwatson
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“Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation.” - Wendell Berry
In this, our last episode before the summer break, Phoebe is back to discuss some of our favourite children’s literature. We explore the theme of health and healing, in Goodnight Mr. Tom and The Secret Garden, and how both stories show the importance of nature and community in human flourishing. Looking to the writing of Wendell Berry we discuss how our health, our environment and our society are all interconnected, and how our faith informs how we should cultivate all three of those strands of life.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works mentioned:
Goodnight Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
‘Health is Membership’ by Wendell Berry
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
What we’re enjoying at the moment:
Phoebe: The appendices discs to The Lord of the Rings extended edition
Rachel: Sam Amidon (musician)
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“My films show the world’s beauty. Beauty otherwise unnoticed.”
- Hayao Miyazaki
In this episode of Risking Enchantment I'm joined by animator Robyn Conroy to discuss the highly acclaimed Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation company whose films offer a deep sense of the goodness of life and the beauty of nature.
Studio Ghibli is cornerstone of Japanese entertainment culture, and has reached a global audience with films like Spirited Away, My Neighbour Totoro, and Howl’s Moving Castle. It has been instrumental in preserving the tradition of 2D animation and the vast artist talent on show in its films has been a powerhouse of inspiration for all kinds of film makers. In this episode, Robyn and I discuss Studio Ghibli’s founder, Hayao Miyazaki and how he brings audiences into his worlds of goodness and beauty. Miyazaki brings together a love of the natural world, a commitment to close observation, and a belief in the goodness of life itself. While not creating stories from a specifically Christian perspective, Miyazaki’s films are filled with wonder and awe in God’s creation, and a deep sense of morality and virtue.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Robyn Conroy
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Follow Robyn on Instagram: @robynconroyart
Watch Robyn’s short film: The Beekeeper
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Related Episode:
Over the Garden Wall: Finding Dante in the UnknownStranger Things in Stranger Times: Nostalgia in the Digital AgeThe Prince of Egypt: An Epic in AnimationCartoon Saloon: Celtic and Christian CoexistenceHowl's Moving Castle and the Fascination of Fairy StoriesWorks Referenced:
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Ponyo (2008)
The Red Turtle (2016)
“Miyazaki's Reality” by Michael Toscano, First Things
“The worlds of Hayao Miyazaki” by Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films
“Animated Nature: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Empathy in Miyazaki Hayao's Ecophilosophy” by Pamela Gossin
“Studio Ghibli Finds the True, the Good and the Beautiful” by Michelle McDaniel, National Catholic Register
‘“The Earth Speaks to Us All”: A Critical Appreciation of Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s Shintō Environmental Philosophy’ by Adam Barkman, Christian Scholar’s Review
Hayao Miyazaki | The Mind of a Master
The Conflicting Ideals of Hayao Miyazaki | Video Essay
Spirited Away Production Notes
“The Ecological Imagination of Hayao Miyazaki: A Retrospective on Four Fantastical Worlds” by Isaac Yuen, Orion Magazine
“Hildegard of Bingen's Lament for the Environmental Crisis Caused by Human Sin” by Nathaniel Campbell, Church Life Journal
The Poems and Prose of Gerard Manly Hopkins
Maxims II
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Rachel: Cargo by Pio Hartnett
Robyn: Djo
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“You may learn something, and whether what you see be fair or evil, that may be profitable, and yet it may not. Seeing is both good and perilous.”
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienIn this episode of Risking Enchantment we’re discussing one of our favourite topics: The Lord of the Rings. We’re taking a look at the way Tolkien’s characters are often forced to make decisions and take action with very limited information. We also explore Tolkien’s theme of the tendency to despair that can be caused by receiving too much information, especially through magical means, a theme with great relevance today especially when drawn in comparison to technology and the transmission of news online. We look at the way that Tolkien’s interest in this element of his story impacts his writing approach, crafting the books in their leapfrogging narrative style, as well as the possible origins of this interest in his work as a signal’s officer in World War 1.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Referenced
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (dir. Peter Jackson) Appendices Bonus Material
“JRR Tolkien, World War One Signals Officer” by Elizabeth Bruton
The Road to Middle Earth by Tom Shippey
Dracula by Bram Stoker
What we’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Rachel: Winters in the World by Eleanor Parker
Both: Living (2022, dir Oliver Hermanus)
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“Do not fear death, but rather the unlived life. You don't have to live forever. You just have to live.” - Tuck Everlasting
In this episode, Rachel and Phoebe explore a variety of stories that explore the desire for immortality, and the challenge of embracing the reality of death. Beginning from perhaps a surprising starting point, the teen fantasy film Tuck Everlasting, we move into the depictions of the temptations to grasp eternal life in J.R.R. Tolkien’s work and in C.S. Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew. We draw out the parallels to the conceptions of unfallen Man in the Bible. We also discuss how we need to embrace the time that is given us, not to grasp on to our youth but to look forward to the future, both in this life and the next.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Mentioned
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Tolkien’s Modern Reading by Holly Ordway
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Humphrey Carpenter
About Time (2013)
‘"The Gift of Death": Tolkien's Philosophy of Mortality’ by Grant C. Sterling
Groundhog Day and the Meaning of Time, Born of Wonder podcast
What we’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Good Evening, Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes by Mollie Panter-Downes
The Thing about Austen podcast
Rachel: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
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‘Out of the east came the Magi bearing gifts,
hastening in their journey to the Christ child;
but now Irish scholars arrive from western lands,
bringing their precious gifts of learning’.
- Sedulius Scottus
As we’re approaching the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we’re turning our focus to the patron saints of Ireland, St. Patrick and St Brigid. Greg Daly joins us to discuss the modern conceptions and celebrations of these saints: who they were as historical figures, who they weren’t as pagan deities, and how to approach their many miracle stories from our current perspective. We delve into the incredible achievements and faith of early Christian Ireland, and highlight the issues around the current trend of erasing faith from the celebration of Irish saints and Irish history in general.
Wishing our listeners a very happy St. Patrick’s Day.
“Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!”
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Greg Daly
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Works Mentioned:
A History of the Irish Church 400-700 AD
The Life of St. Brigid of Kildare by Cogitosus
“Distant glimmerings of Irish light”, Leaven by Fr Conor McDonough
“An unlikely saviour: Without folklore and folk traditions, Catholicism in Ireland might not have survived centuries of persecution and oppression”, Leaven by Francis Young
Ireland's Golden Age: 'The work of angelic, not human, skill’
“The New Paganism” by Hilaire Belloc
Heretics by G.K. Chesterton
What we’re enjoying at the moment:
Greg: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)
Rachel: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
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“[H]ope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”
The Shawshank RedemptionIn this episode of Risking Enchantment, Rachel and Phoebe discuss one of the most highly acclaimed and best beloved films of all time, The Shawshank Redemption. Released in 1994, it slowly grew to prominence, now dominating the top rank on lists of best movies. What draws audiences to this story of Andy Dufrense, a quiet man sent to prison for the murder of his wife and her lover? We explore the film’s themes of hope and the building up of a rich inner life, as well as its masterful storytelling and even the biblical influences to be found in its symbolism.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Referenced
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Bishop Barron: Andy Dufrense as a Christ figure
The Hidden Meaning of the Shawshank Redemption
Shawshank's Hollowed-Out Bible
On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Spe salvi by Pope Benedict XVI
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Calamity Jane
Rachel: To Catch a Thief / The Stella Cinema, Dublin
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“[T]he Middle Ages…was in some ways immeasurably more humane and creative than its modern successors. It was happy to see human life as fully part of the natural world, shaped by the cycles of the sun and moon and the seasons; it was able to articulate a belief that material considerations, convenience, and economic productivity are not the highest goods, and not the only standards by which life should be lived.” - Eleanor Parker, A Clerk of Oxford
For this first episode of 2023, I’m delighted to be joined by Eleanor Parker, author of Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year. Eleanor teaches Old and Middle English literature at Brasenose College, Oxford as well as being columnist for History Today and many other publications. She is known online, especially on Twitter for her blog A Clerk of Oxford.
In our discussion, we delve into the experience of the seasons in Anglo-Saxon England, how they perceived the natural world around them through poetry and literature, and how they integrated the seasons with their faith through the liturgical year. We also speak about our modern experience of the seasons, what has changed, and what has remained the same for over a thousand years, and what we can learn from the Anglo-Saxons about living the year well.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Eleanor Parker
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Read her blog, Clerk of Oxford
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Works referenced:
Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year by Eleanor Parker
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker
‘A Clerk of Oxford’ blog - Eleanor Parker
Easter in Old English Poetic Imagination - Risking Enchantment
“'This doubtful day of feast or fast': Good Friday and the Annunciation”, A Clerk of Oxford, Eleanor Parker
“The sad loss of our common rituals”, Unherd, Eleanor Parker
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature by C.S. Lewis
The Menologium
Maxims II
The Wanderer
Things We're Enjoying at the Moment
Eleanor: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (audiobook)
Rachel: Collected Longer Poems by W.H. Auden
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