Tag Archives: runes

Discovering Intellectual Fire: the Birth of English

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Symbol Reader

The written word is both of the earth and of the spirit, positioned on the intersection between mind and flesh. It freezes the living, shimmering organism of language in time, petrifies it, making it immortal. The intangible, impenetrable roots of … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Language | Tagged Anglo Saxons, christianization, English, history, language, Latin, Lindisfarne Gospels, Melvyn Bragg, Old English, origins, runes, The Adventure of English | 5 Comments

The Birch and Biopoesis

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Symbol Reader

After his wife’s death, a broken man lives in an isolated forest with his little daughter: “Nothing had been able to call him out of the fog that had enveloped him ever since his wife’s death; he saw everything through … Continue reading →