Everyone must know that within them burns a candle—and that no one’s candle is identical with another’s, and that there is no human being without a candle…. One needs to ignite one’s candle and make of it a great torch to enlighten the whole world. —Rav Kook
A new exhibit at the Rutherford B. Hayes presidential library features a slew of legendary creatures that purportedly haunt the Buckeye State. Atlas Obscura has the details, and you need to click through to see the paintings by Dan Chudzinski, historian and special-effects artist, who has rendered a number of these creatures in superb detail.
Dr. Gwilym Morus-Baird knows a thing or two about conceptions of the Otherworld in Celtic cultures, and he shares it in this video.
I’ve long been fascinated with the idea of a strange, mystical world running parallel to our own. It is the basis of my “Into the Wonder” series and also features in my current work-in-progress, Shadow of the King.
There is someone I love, even though I don’t approve of what he does. There is someone I accept, though some of his thoughts and actions revolt me. There is someone I forgive, though he hurts the people I love the most. That person is me. —C. S. Lewis
Our goal should be to live in radical amazement, [to] get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. —Abraham Heschel
