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Superb introduction/overview with remarkable insights - thanks!

What an excellent offering to us, at large. Thank you. Very well explained. Greatly researched. Very useful to me, who is new to MacDonald.

Had to bail. 21 minutes in and not a word on the topic. Annoyingly repetitive intro.

Nice wedding!! Can I know the music?

I would have understood 'That Hideous Strength' much better had I known Arthurian legend!

I have never read King Arthur and am altogether unfamiliar with Arthurian legend, however, it continues to come up in books I am reading. Phantastes, which I just finished, is the last straw on the camel's back that is forcing me to get my own copy. My children are ironically reading it for homeschool, but VERY slowly through the school-year. It's all interesting timing! After reading Phantastes (just finished this week), I now also want to read Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Shelley's poem, 'Solitude.'

The quote about chivalry alone makes this video worth watching. "Chivalry is only a name for that general spirit or state of mind which disposes men to heroic and generous actions and keeps them conversant with all that is beautiful and sublime in the intellectual and moral world." - Kenelm Digby Thank you! Kenelm Digby

I love this camp so much it's a big part of my childhood your siblings might know me because they Council me at this camp hi Ben hi Leah 😊

So beautiful!

I'm just a blue-collar nobody but I've read Phantastes many times, although, after listening Dr. Johnson's lecture here, I'd like to go through it again. I've never been a big fan of this or MacDonald's Lilith. In fact, I think everything good in Lilith can be had - and much clearer - in the Wingfold trilogy. That Mr. Polwarth; short in stature, tall in Spirit! Unfortunately, I missed out on reserving a spot for the upcoming 200th anniversary celebration of MacDonald (hosted by the Wade Center). Too bad. I was hoping to see what other fans of MacDonald looked like in the flesh. Also - speaking of the importance of biographies, anyone know a good book-length biography of A.J. Scott?

I think the main problem a lot of people have in reading Phantastes is they get it as an e-book which Lewis never would have had. The first time I tried reading it, I tried to read it as part of a collection of George MacDonald's works on the Kindle and I couldn't get through it. I couldn't even get through the Princess and the Goblin on the Kindle. But when I got physical copies of both Curdie books and a physical copy of Phantastes, I absolutely devoured them. I don't know what it is, but in physical form, they are amazing reads, but even knowing the stories now, I still get bogged down if I try to read them in electronic form. And what's weird, there are a lot of books that I am able to read in Kindle form, like Narnia or the LOTR, but MacDonald, I have to have physical copies. Phantastes is an amazing book and real page-turner, but in Kindle form, it's a slog. I don't know why, but there you have it. hahah.

If Phantastes is supposed to be a journey into true knighthood/chivalry, why would Lewis have seen it as more universally applicable to himself and everyone he knew?

I love MacDonald and have many of his books, some quite old. Over the yeaars, reading and rereading, I have learned to understand the Doric Scots well, and I love the older editions.

Friend I finally got to watch this and it's SO BEAUTIFUL!!! The shots, the content and the creator <3 Well done!!!

Fantastic talk. Kirstin is I think the best MacDonald scholar, she has given us a wider and more grounded vision of MacDonald. She has made us realise that he is less a maverick and more a great thinker and writer. Maybe he should have a more central place in English literature. In depth study of him and his work reveals great riches and shines light on his work and the tradition he celebrates.

Splendid talk.

Great video!

The best walk in winter when a fireplace and warm soup await you at home 😽

Beautiful

I really enjoyed your video, where is lake Joe at?

(55:58) ...goes beyond the expression of things we have already felt. It arouses in us sensations we have never before, nevrer anticipated having, as though we had broken 💔 out of a normal mode of consciousness and 'possessed joys not promised to our birth.'It gets under our skin, hits us at a level deeper than our thoughts or even our passions, troubles oldest certainties till all questions are reopened, and in general shocks us more fully awake ⏰️ than we are moat of our lives.

This is so beautiful and inspiring! Indeed, what a story <3

This is absolutely fascinating! Thank you for sharing <3

Thank you for posting this. I had a similar experience to Lewis, and George MacDonald's works have greatly impacted my life for the better!

Thank you so much for this. I had just finished listening to Phantastes and definitely had some trouble keeping my mind on course. Part of it was the reader was very monotone and partly the story was not so easy... But your background, commentary and analysis were so helpful. I am looking forward to going through it again.

Great video and thank you for making this and spreading awareness for my area!

In a time where we need to make it so that people can work in their own communities and cut down on traffic and hours idling throughout metro Vancouver We NEED this plan to pass. Otherwise we will continue seeing the influx of residents in the fraser valley driving over the port man and into Vancouver/Richmond. With Surrey & Langley totaling over 800k people we need to create more places for people to work within a reasonable distance to their homes.

To compromise the water resource of the Brookswood Aquifer, and the beautiful and ecologically sensitive Campbell River catchment environments, disrupt communites with crowding, loss of valuable vegtation and congested traffic routes, to create another uninspiring,overcrowded, poorly managed commercial complex is another example of irresponsible and disasterous urban managenent and another definition of craziness; not to mention dishonesty and lack of transparency of our local government.

Stunning response to current bs paradigms/policies. #promises

Their not building homes, but banks that laundry money....FAIL!

I will do my best to do as requested here - today! We draw the line now.

Oh dear, another disaster to divert :( You've got my support!!

Thanks for this video 👍💚👊

Veritas Press has Phantastes as a reading for their Omnibus curriculum, and hundreds or even thousands of Christian School and homeschool students have read it over the past decade or two. A wonderful work, certainly a foundational work for modern fantasy and more.

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Thank you for this thoughtful introduction. I made it through Phantastes the first time a few years ago, but not without some consternation. I look forward to re-reading it for the Rabbit Room Reading Group starting soon.

Excellent introduction! I was one of those weirdos who got through it the first time and I've read it several times since, but even with that exposure this sheds a lot of excellent insight, especially in regard to its championing of Arthurian literature in a subversive way. Thanks for posting this!