Amon Sûl

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick and live panelists Dcn. Nicholas Kotar, Dr. Cyril Jenkins, Michael Haldas and Steven Christoforou talk visions of the age to come in the works of Tolkien. Fr. Andrew adds meditations on music and poetry inspired by the vision. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://crea...

Guest co-host Joshua Duncan joins Fr. Andrew to talk food, cheer, song, hoarded gold, the merrier world, and the hobbits who love them. Is the hobbit life compatible with Orthodox Christian asceticism? Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Fr. Andrew thinks a lot of the reviewers of the 2019 film “Tolkien” are getting their reviews wrong, and he tells you all about it in this special review minisode with a lot of help from you, the listeners. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Guest co-host and Greek Orthodox priest Fr. Anthony Cook joins Fr. Andrew to talk about life, death, anthropology (and elvenology?), with a dive into one of the lesser-known Tolkien texts, the “Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth.” Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4...

Fr. Andrew addresses some messages from listeners and also discusses a famous passage from The Two Towers, where Faramir opens up the “Window on the West,” that is, he shows us how to look into the transcendent from the immanent. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/license...

Epic fantasy author and Russian Orthodox deacon Nicholas Kotar joins Fr. Andrew to discuss Tolkien’s famous essay “On Fairy Stories,” storytelling, Christian hagiography and culture, and their benefit to spiritual life. They wrap up with a strange journey into the wild world of Russian Tolkien fandom. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creati...

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick introduces his first "minisode" (a.k.a. "The Appendices") to talk about what Amon Sûl actually is in Middle-earth and its significance for him. He also responds to some concerns from a listener and visits the Tolkien exhibit in New York along with Steven Christoforou and a very special guest. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Lice...

Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick launches his new podcast with guest co-host Steven Christoforou, sharing their mutual love for the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and discussing how journeying through Middle-earth helps us on the journey through our modern secular world. Hidden Past and Celtic Impulse, both by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http...