Welcome to the Lost Word

Welcome to The Lost Word, where I’ll be writing weekly on the relationship between God, art, language, magic, and enchantment.

Upcoming essays include a meditation on the English of the Book of Common Prayer, a history of occultist Hollywood and Ken Anger’s Satanic “spellcraft” of filmmaking, an examination of the idea of “energy” as a magical force from Renaissance magic to present-day wellness culture, and reflections on why I am bad at (but enjoy) blues dancing.

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