Tag Archives: A. E. Waite

Notes on “Magnum Opus” Part 3

Posted on 12 August 2016 by Sørina Higgins

Please check out post one and post two about the Inspector Lewis episodes “Magnum Opus,” all about Charles Williams. Let’s proceed! Hathaway starts explaining CW’s distinctive ideas to Maddox: Charles Williams believed in a living breathing spirituality in which we … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Magnum Opus” Part 2

Posted on 11 August 2016 by Sørina Higgins

The Charles-Williams-themed two-episode story of Inspector Lewis will air in the US this Sunday, so I’m blogging about it in some detail. Here’s yesterday’s post. Now, onward! Yesterday, I ended with a quote about how the Way of Exchange is … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams and Doctor Who, part 2: Cabbalistic beliefs about words

Posted on 17 September 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Countdown to Doctor Who Season 9! Two days to go! Yesterday I wrote about The Nature of Time. Today, let’s talk about WORDS. Words of power. Magic words. In the Harry Potter universe, speaking the right words (even inaudibly) has magical … Continue reading →

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Mysticism, Magic, and Marriage: “The Greater Trumps”

Posted on 27 May 2015 by Sørina Higgins

Charles Williams Book Summary #25: The Greater Trumps (Gollancz, 1932) Hooray! At last I get to write about another one of the novels. It has been far too long. I often feel that I do penance, slogging through the slow … Continue reading →

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Sources for CW and the FRC

Posted on 1 January 2014 by Sørina Higgins

This is the third post in a series about Charles Williams and the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. You can access the others here and here. Here are the top sources that I can recommend for learning more about A.E. … Continue reading →

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Charles Williams and the F.R.C.

Posted on 18 December 2013 by Sørina Higgins

This is the second post in a short series about Charles Williams and the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. You can read the first post, about A.E. Waite, here. Charles Williams, a devout but skeptical Anglican, began reading the works … Continue reading →

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A. E. Waite and the Occult

Posted on 11 December 2013 by Sørina Higgins

We interrupt the series of chronological book summaries to discuss an important part of Charles Williams’ life at this time. So far, I have posted summaries of his books up to 1917–one of the most important years in his life. … Continue reading →

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