John Heath-Stubbs, O.B.E.. President of the Charles Williams Society, died on December 26th at the age of 88. He was one of the leading poets of his ...
R. Sturch
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Jan 1, 2007 6:54 pm
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The Figure of Beatrice: A study in Dante, pp194-196 The Paradiso They are at the edge of the forest; it is noon. Before them is the spring of two separating...
Thank you for passing that along, Richard. He did a lot of great work for the Society, and should be well remembered for that as well as for much else. DDD...
We have had a few new folks join us recently. I wanted to say, "Welcome!" and "Don't Be Shy!" ;-) A couple of conversation-starter questions- you might want to...
Hi everybody, I'm new to the group, so I'll accept the invitation for a virtual introduction. A little bio: I'm a not-currently-practicing attorney, or...
Hail and welcome. Outside of Many Dimensions, I don't know of any CW comments of Islam that stand out to memory. The setting of Taliessin is pre-Islamic. ...
... Well, yes and no. Historically, Arthur's period comes in the 5th century, well before Mohammed. Williams' Arthurian poetry, however, includes Palomides...
I vaguely recall some comments in Descent of the Dove, suggesting (as Tony says) its "crippled" nature, largely because of its insistence on transcendence at...
Stephen Dunning
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Jan 9, 2007 3:47 pm
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Don't forget the(entirely sympathetic) portrayal of the Hajji in "Many Dimensions"! Richard....
R. Sturch
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Jan 13, 2007 6:53 pm
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The 38th Mythopoeic Conference, Mythcon 38, will be held at the Clark Kerr Center in Berkeley, California, August 3-6. It's the Mythopoeic Society's annual...
[A letter from Sayers to CW was published in this issue. /DDD ] "I Still Don't Know How He Does It".(Brief Article)(Critical Essay). Christian History 20.2...
Yahoo groups has been broken for a couple of days, and messages have not been going through. If you see this, that implies that the issue has been resolved. If...
[CW may have read about this in the papers. /DDD ] [Twain] was at Archdeacon [Basil] Wilberforce's next day [Late June - Early July, 1906. /DDD ], where a...
Interesting on the Archedeacon and the 'Grail'. The 'Grail' Twain saw and which was found by Wesley Tudor-Pole is kept at Chalice Well in Glastonbury isn't it?...
Hello to the members of the Company! I've done some work on the Charles Williams bibliography stored at my website, with help from Dave Davis (stagh0rn ?). The...
Source: Title: Mark Twain, A Biography, Vol. 3, Part 2, 1907-1910 The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. By Albert Bigelow Paine. [Twain...
Mark Twain was in the UK during June, 1906, when the following occured. It seems to have made the papers. Maybe CW read them. /DDD Source: Albert Bigelow...
Perhaps I might mention, in a modest and self-deprecating tone of voice, my own "Four Christian Fantasists" (Zurich & Berne, Walking Tree Publishers, 2001)? I...
R. Sturch
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Jan 31, 2007 6:15 pm
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... Wound this be Williams, Charles. War in heaven. London: Sphere, 1976 205 p. The Dennis Wheatley library of the occult. ? Tony Z -- In the end the Shadow...
... Your citation has been added, with the exception of your name. As they say in our court system, "Please state your full name for the record." Now who else...
By all means. My full name is Richard Lyman Sturch (but you can miss out the 'Lyman' if you want to save space.) Richard....
R. Sturch
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Feb 3, 2007 5:40 pm
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The Figure of Beatrice: A study in Dante pp196-197 The Paradiso In this heaven the condition of all the heavens is laid down. Piccarda, the sister of Forese...
The moon is required to be blemish-free because it does not participate in the sinfullness of our planet. This Medieval requirement lies behind the trouble...
MillerJimE@...
Feb 8, 2007 12:55 am
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The reviewer's description of Howard's "The Novels of Charles Williams" serves as excellent motivation to buy it. I was afraid the link based on my Amazon...
This is not a Society activity, but may be of interest: On Tuesday May 15th, at 7:15 for 7:30, Ed Gauntlett, Editor of the Charles Williams Quarterly, will be...
R. Sturch
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Feb 14, 2007 6:19 pm
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The 38th Annual Mythopoeic Conference Mythcon XXXVIII Theme: Becoming Adept: The Journey to Mastery Clark Kerr Conference Center Berkeley, California August...
Just received this from Amazon -- I'm not sure if this is williams, Charles or Charles, Williams. As someone who has expressed interest in books by Charles,...