Malcolm Guite returns! Modern irony, reductionism, and distraction have left us hollow. Beauty, myth, and poetry are the antidote. Find Malcolm’s newest book, The Coming of Arthur in the link below.

Ep. 605

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📚 Resources Mentioned:

NEW RELEASE The Coming of Arthur by Malcolm Guite: https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/the-coming-of-arthur-merlins-isle-an-arthuriad-2
Fraddvent:
Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite: https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/merlins-isle
Lifting the Veil by Malcolm Guite: https://store.rabbitroom.com/products/lifting-the-veil
In Defense of Pipe and a Pint: (Article): https://www.plough.com/articles/in-defense-of-pint-and-pipe
Malcolm Guite on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MalcolmGuitespell
The Pendragon Cycle: https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-pendragon-cycle
Theotokos Rosaries: https://dwplus.shop/TheotokosRosaries
Truthly 30 Day Free Trial: https://get.truthly.ai/TlbX/MATT30

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⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:04 In defense of the pipe and pint
00:13:04 Origins of the Arthur legend
00:34:38 How myth became fact for C.S. Lewis
00:51:18 Malcolm reads the prelude of The Coming of Arthur
00:55:07 Tolkien and Arthur’s influence on each other
01:10:13 Elves, and Arthur as an epic of place, not race
01:17:46 Orcs, evil’s hollowness, and conquering desire
01:29:55 Re-enchantment, reductionism, and irony
01:44:03 Malcolm’s journey from cynicism to Keats
02:03:40 From Keats to Augustine to faith
02:09:22 Distraction, screens, and a three-dimensional life
02:21:11 Malcolm’s daily writing routine

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