The reader may or may not be familiar with St. Catherine of Siena and Bl. Hildegard von Bingen. If not, and the reader is interested in theology, or mediaeval history, or gender stuff (prophetic ladies in a patriarchal age &c.), the reader is recommended to take a look. There are some rambling thoughts relevant to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tongues of men and angels’
Charisms, Mystics, &c.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hildegard von Bingen, Priests, prophecy, Religion, The Church, tongues of men and angels on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Without these angels…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art, beauty, poetry, rilke, tongues of men and angels on March 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jeder Engel ist schrecklich. Und dennoch, weh mir, ansing ich euch, fast tödliche Vögel der Seele, wissend um euch. – Raine Maria Rilke, 2nd Duino Elegy Every angel is terrible. And still, alas knowing all that I serenade you you almost deadly birds of the soul. Discovered courtesy of Elberry, talking of beauty and ugliness.
What English Sounds Like: Two Links
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Movies, Music, tongues of men and angels on March 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
What Yanqui english sounds like to Italians; what Limey English sounds like to Yanquis. (Language warning at end.) (And for real Cockney incomprehensibility, acquire the Small Faces album “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake”, from whence cometh this.)