To Wonder and To Wander

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a podcast about faith, theology, literature, art, and more.

David Russell Mosley

  • Aug 25, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 16m AVG DURATION
  • 16 EPISODES


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Who Is the Green Man?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 25:52


In this episode, I give a brief review of William Anderson's Green Man: The Archetype of our Oneness with the Earth, discuss the notion of the Green Man, read poetry, and more.   Follow me on twitter: @elflandletters And become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/Elflandletters?fan_landing=true

Episode 10: Wind in the Willows: Home and the Otherworldly

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 23:11


In this episode, I discuss Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows and look at themes of home and the otherworldly.   Follow me on twitter: @elflandletters And become a patron at: https://www.patreon.com/Elflandletters?fan_landing=true

Episode 9: Checking In

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 4:29


In this episode I'm saying hello again and looking for your requests. What do you want to hear me talk about? Let me know on twitter @elflandletters or through email elflandletters@gmail.com.

Episode 8: Reflecting on the O Antiphons, Winter Solstice, and the End of Advent

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 22:21


In this episode, I spend some time talking about Advent, the O Antiphons, and Christmas. I also read a poem of mine, talk more about O Oriens, and read a poem by Malcolm Guite. Here are some links mentioned in the episode: A Clerk in Oxford: https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-anglo-saxon-o-antiphons-o-caelorum.html My post on depression: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/elflandletters/2019/12/07/struggling-with-depression-my-story/ Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite: https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Word-Advent-Christmas-Epiphany/dp/1848258003/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=waiting+on+the+word&qid=1576595784&sr=8-1 Word in the Wilderness: https://www.amazon.com/Word-Wilderness-poem-Lent-Easter/dp/1848256787/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia?keywords=word+in+the+wilderness&pd_rd_i=1848256787&pd_rd_r=03dec3c2-51f9-427f-b239-d12fe3f64841&pd_rd_w=nytYO&pd_rd_wg=3XeP3&pf_rd_p=1cb3f32a-ccfd-479b-8a13-b22f56c942c6&pf_rd_r=XHHGGSDDDYF802ER0QFC&psc=1&qid=1576595794  

"I Have Seen the Alchemic Eye of the Sun"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 8:37


A reading of my poem, "I Have Seen the Alchemic Eye of the Sun." This first appeared in New Hampshire's Best Emerging Poets 2019 edited by Z Publishing. A copy of the book can be purchased here (through my affiliate link): https://www.zpublishinghouse.com/?rfsn=3478602.f60e7d or here: https://www.amazon.com/Hampshires-Best-Emerging-Poets-2019/dp/1671729838/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=new+hampshire%27s+best+emerging+poets+2019&qid=1576592974&sr=8-1.  

"In the Beginning"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 4:18


My latest poem, first published in The Imaginative Conservative.

"Thomas the Rhymer Comes Home"

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 3:47


My latest poem first published in The Imaginative Conservative.

"I feel lost in the darkness of the night" by David Russell Mosley

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 0:38


As I begin to publish poetry, I'll be sharing recordings of me reading it here on the podcast, and videos on my youtube channel. I hope you enjoy them.This first poem is, "I feel lost in the darkness of the night" and was first published in the third volume of Jesus the Imagination.   Also, feel free to like my pages on facebook, David Russell Mosley and Letters from the Edge of Elfland, and follow me on twitter: @elflandletters.

C. S. Lewis's Cosmic Turn: Finding Virtue through the Heavens

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 50:21


My most recent talk given at the 6th Annual Catholic Literature Conference in Concord, NH.

Episode 7: Wonder, Education, and the Teacher

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 20:12


In this episode, I look at the nature of education and the roles of the teacher. I also give a shout out to Michael Ward and make references to Sam Rocha, Michael Martin, Stratford Caldecott, and Rudolf Steiner.

Episode 6: Tolkien and Gift Exchange

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018 20:10


In today's Hobbit Day episode, I discuss the nature of gift giving for Hobbits and make some comments and suggestions about the nature of gift exchange. Also mentioned in this episode are theologian John Milbank and essayist G.K. Chesterton

Episode 5 Narnia and Medieval Cosmology

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 20:34


In this episode I rehearse Dr. Michael Ward's claims in his book, Planet Narnia, and contemplate what it could mean to read the Chronicles of Narnia in a new order.

Episode 4 Time and Eternity, Creation and the Creator

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 21:50


In this episode, I revisit the topic of food and creation but try to go even deeper by looking at time. I also talk a little about sophiology, old feast days, and Wendell Berry.   Become a patron The Center for Sophiological Studies

Episode 3: On Food, Celebrations, the Eucharist, and What I Am Currently Reading and Writing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 15:21


In this episode I look at food with the help of Anthony Bourdain and Josef Pieper, and it's centrality in our worship. I also discuss some books I have written, some books I am reading, and some books I am writing.   Book links: On the Edges of Elfland Being Deified: Poetry and Fantasy on the Path to God   Facebook and Twitter Letters from the Edge of Elfland @Elflandletters

Episode 2: More Introductions and Further Reflections on the Green Man and Hellboy II

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2018 13:13


In this episode I go a little deeper into who I am and what I hope for this podcast. Then I go over a second blog post of mine looking at the Green Man and the forest god in Hellboy II.

Episode 1: Introduction and the Green Man Part I

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 7:31


In this inaugural episode, I talk a little about why I'm starting a podcast and read a post from my blog, Letters from the Edge of Elfland, where I discuss that much seen video of a stag wandering around a church in France.

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