Merlin's Well (The best works of CJS Hayward) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

A QUOTE: George had finally gotten through the first week at Calix College, and the chaos was subsiding. Bored for a minute, and too exhausted from the busy work to start researching something, he sat down, tried to remember something strange that he meant to investigate, and tried some more. When he finally gave up and tried to think about what else he could do, he remembered a book he had seen in his closet, perhaps left over by a previous resident. He pulled out a fan and a lamp that were placed on it, and pulled out a large book. The entire leather cover had only eleven letters, and the dark leather showed signs of wear but seemed to be in remarkably good condition. The golden calligraphy formed a single word: Brocéliande. All across the front lay dark, intricate leather scrollwork. What was "Brocéliande?" After looking at the leather and goldwork a short while, George opened Brocéliande and read: The knight and the hermit wept and kissed together, and the hermit did ask, "Sir knight, wete thou what the Sign of the Grail be?" The knight said, "Is that one of the Secrets of the Grail?" "If it be one of the Secrets of the Grail, that is neither for thee to ask nor to know. The Secrets of the Grail are very different from what thou mightest imagine in thine heart, and no man will get them by looking for secrets. But knowest thou what the Sign of the Grail be?" WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT: Dreaming and waking, poetry and prose, legend and lore, Socratic dialogue and teachers, science and magic, technology and faith, Merlin and Holy Grail... All of these and more are woven into a triumphant study of Orthodox Christian theology and spiritual discipline that starts at Merlin in C.S. Lewis's classic dystopian novel, "That Hideous Strength," and then looks at a world of issues surrounding culture, technology, and faith.