Tag Archives: mysticism

The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse

Posted on 9 March 2022 by Sørina Higgins

Happy Wednesday! Here’s your dose of CW for this week. Instead of a work that he wrote, today I’m talking about a book that he edited. His connection with its compilers contributed one of the more important aspects of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Summaries, Influences, Rosicruciana | Tagged , , , , , , | 12 Comments

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 →

Posted in Book Summaries | Tagged , , , , , | 42 Comments

The Hands of a King are the Hands of a Healer

Posted on 18 November 2014 by Sørina Higgins

The past few days have been filled with trauma: my very good friend Sharon Gerdes (artist, writer, and director of Players of the Stage theatre company) suffered a horrific injury to her hand on Saturday, severing five tendons, the median … Continue reading →

Posted in Themes | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

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 →

Posted in Bibliography, Rosicruciana | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Rosicruciana | Tagged , , , , | 18 Comments

The Body Poetic: Arthurian Legends and Metaphysical Anatomy

Posted on 4 September 2013 by Sørina Higgins

This is the last in a series of eight posts about the ideas that occur most frequently in CW’s works. You can access each of the others by clicking on the items in the list below: 1.Co-Inherence 2. Romantic theology … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthuriana, Themes | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 28 Comments

Jedi Masters: CW’s Mystical Tranquility

Posted on 21 August 2013 by Sørina Higgins

As you know, I’ve been blogging my way through a series of posts on CW’s eight characteristic topics: 1.Co-Inherence 2. Romantic theology 3. The Two Ways 4. Ritual Objects 5. The Crisis of Schism 6. Mystical Tranquility 7. The City … Continue reading →

Posted in Rosicruciana, Themes | Tagged , , , , , , | 10 Comments