Grail Country
An exploration of Christian Mysticism and the boundaries of theology
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The Fantasy Grand Campaign (opens the original)
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I have played Pendragon since 1988 when I bought it on a trip to Berkeley for a debate tournament. I have run several long and successful campaigns over the years but there’s always been some of my circle of friends who won’t play Pendragon because they have no interest in playing as a knight. Since about 2011 I have tried various methods of bringing that grand campaign feel of Pendragon, into the fantasy genre. My experimentation with BrOSR play methods over the past several years was born out
Free Wheeling Conversation on the Afterlife (opens the original)
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Prompted by a short video from Paul VanderKlay analyzing a moment in Alex O'Connor and Ross Douthat's conversation about equality versus hierarchy in the afterlife, Nate brings together two returning-and-first-time guests to push the question further: Jordan Daniel Wood, back for another round of eschatological speculation, and Kal, joining Grail Country for a recorded conversation for the first time, bringing years of close attention to near-death experience testimony.The conversation ranges fr
Michael Martin: Surely Some Revelation is at Hand (opens the original)
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joins me as we talk about his latest book and applied Sophiologhy and defense against the dark arts.
Singing The New Song (opens the original)
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I have known Michael Martin for seven years now. Michael was part of our Grail Country exploration of Meditations On the Tarot for 23 episodes and we have remained in touch over the years since. I have been struck by the originality of Michael’s work since I started reading his work in 2019. The book I began with was Transfiguration: Notes Toward a Radical Catholic Reimagination of Everything which was published in 2018. Michael’s latest book seems to pick up themes he took up eight years ago in
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