I just bought Taliessin through the Logres, The Region of the Summer Stars and the Arthurian Torso by Charles Williams.
Yup.
It's 1:00 something AM.
Here are my reasons:
1) Dante.
2) This oh-my-goodness-my-mind-just-got-blown-open-in-a-totally-good-way-by-Charles-Williams (He tends to do that) book.
3) This beautiful essay (I consider it one of my favorite essays alongside "The Weight of Glory").
4) This response to the essay above.
5) This random (or perhaps providential) review of Logres. "Gold" indeed.
6) And one more thing, if people are willing to spend upwards of $70 dollars for an Abercrombie and Fitch(TM) shirt, why can't I spend $55 dollars to buy a rare and beautiful book by one of my favorite authors?
Sigh. Of course, this means that I won't be buying any more books for a long time...then again, I do have that gift card I haven't used...but here's the thing: I promise that (unless it's for school) I will not buy another book for 3 months. Starting today. (So this ends April 29th...if I'm wrong please correct me) =]
Another thing, how do I express strong emotion without looking like a fool? Is being a fool necessarily a bad thing? (Or so Shakespeare would have me ask).
Currently, I am overwhelmed and more in love with Charles William's writing than I previously was. I only pray that his insights into the Christian life will lead me to love God like Dante did. "This also is thou; neither is this Thou".
But remember, dear reader, that Dante, Williams, and all of Western Civilization are but dust without Christ. "You can find Dante and miss Christ" Let us not be Gammaliels. Let us pray for one another, always.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
2 comments:
O_O You got it! Wow... ENJOY!!! The money spent on a book versus a shirt is better, IMO.
Emotions? There is always a time and place to express them appropriately. It shouldn't matter what other people might think you look like, although you might be a fool to not express how you feel, right?
In Christ, we find not only eternal life but salvation. In a way, it seems like these authors are spreading the good news without formally pressing the matter of "religion" since so many people try to escape that. Ah.. good stuff.
Isn't that a really hard book to find? Where did you get it? I haven't read it yet... in part because I keep hearing how difficult it is to find a copy!
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