Hierophany: Excerpts from Mircea Eliade

Man becomes aware of the sacred because it manifests itself, shows itself, as something wholly different from the profane. In each case we are confronted by the same mysterious act, the manifestation of something of a wholly different order, a reality that does not belong to our world, in objects that are an integral part of our natural "profane" world.

Esotericism and the Irish King Cormac’s Journey into the Promised Land

The very great majority of people still believe in " fairy-tales " and believe that there are moments when fairy-tales become reality."

The Secret Fire: Tolkien, Boehme, and the Golden Chain of Wisdom

Tolkien and Boehme are part of a tradition that illustrates the nature of the world in modes of music, myth, and the identity of the creative process between art and nature.