“I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.” ― Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars What does it mean to say that the world was once enchanted, but now it is not? To answer that question, one must ask, “what is a myth, and how can it be both true and false?” On this week’s Mosaic Ark, the ladies were joined by Substack author John Carter (a pseudonym taken from one of his favorite book series by Edgar Rice Burroughs.) John Carter’s imagination is boundless, and with that boundless imagination he asks a lot of fascinating questions about history, science, religion, stories, and myths. One of the big questions of our time is this – what happens to a society built with the imaginative force of myth, when imagination is relegated to secondary status (when acknowledged at all) in the public sphere? If the effect of that secondary status is a crumbling society, how can that society be fixed? In short, how does one reenchant the world? Join us as we wrestle with this concept, and please share your ideas in the comments. —Streamed October 12, 2024 Postcards from Barsoom: https://barsoom.substack.com "The Re-enchantment of the World": https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-reenchantment-of-the-world Dr. John Carter, PhD, on X: @martianwyrdlord Join us for our livestreams weekly on YouTube (@FencingBearatPrayer), at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv), and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Subscribe to Logos & Tolkien to get all our content, including “The Forge of Tolkien” and “Medieval History.” Guides: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Newsletter: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/newsletter Buy our books: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/shop-1 Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about

In 1951, media guru and secret medievalist Marshall McLuhan published his first book, “The Mechanical Bride.”  His purpose was to encourage his readers to contemplate the way that advertising and technology shape society, both for the advertisers and for their targets – the buying public. The ladies of the Mosaic Ark have been contemplating McLuhan’s writings for several years now and it has shaped the way we see the world and the way we write our own fictional stories. Join us as we discuss McLuhan’s early inspirations and his spookily prophetic observations. — Streamed July 6, 2024 #marshallmcluhan #mechanicalbride #advertising Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Subscribe to Logos & Tolkien on Unauthorized.tv to join the live chat, and get all our content, including “The Forge of Tolkien” and “Medieval History.” Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Newsletter: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/newsletter Buy our books: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/shop-1 Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about

The Professor asked KC if she could come up with some really stupid questions about the Middle Ages. “Can I? And how!” she said. “Did people bathe more than once a year? Did sanitation exist? Did anyone live past the age of 30? What about witchcraft? Were women thought to be witches because they were folk healers? How many witches were burned at the stake? For those women not burned at the stake, how many were forced into marriage arrangements?” During this week’s Mosaic Ark, we discussed these questions and many more concerning life in the Middle Ages (and yes, including the question “Was Prima Nocta real?”) We also concluded that most people have the wrong idea about the time period they were taught to call “The Dark Ages,” and that those who spread those ideas have a lot to answer for (looking at you Mel Gibson!) —Streamed May 29, 2024 #middleages #historyfacts Professor Fulton Brown's homepage (with syllabi): https://home.uchicago.edu/~rfulton Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Subscribe to Logos & Tolkien on Unauthorized.tv to join the live chat, and get all our content, including “The Forge of Tolkien” and “Medieval History.” Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Buy our books: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/shop-1 Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about

Is there hope for pagan America? What’s that? You didn’t know America was a pagan country?! If you’re like most people, you probably fall into one of two camps: you either think that America is a Christian country or that it is a secular country that practices a kind of religious pluralism, but both of those camps are wrong. John Daniel Davidson joined the ladies of the Mosaic Ark to discuss his new book, _Pagan America_. In his book, Davidson shows how some of the more disturbing trends in current American public life have direct correlations to the practices of pagan societies of the past, and that the rituals practiced then are also being practiced today, albeit under different names and (at least publicly) for different reasons. We discussed why this is happening, whether there is hope for Christians to live freely in a pagan America, and also whether there is hope for a true Christian America in the future. — Streamed May 22, 2024 #johndanieldavidson #paganamerica #christianity Buy John's book: https://www.amazon.com/Pagan-America-Decline-Christianity-Dark/dp/1684514444/ Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Subscribe to Logos & Tolkien on Unauthorized.tv to join the live chat, and get all our content, including “The Forge of Tolkien” and “Medieval History.” Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Buy our books: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/shop-1 Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about

AntiCatholic streamers are livid. Apparently Rome has been hiding books from humanity in its library, and even created its own dogma for Catholics to blindly follow in service to the Roman Pope. In this episode of the Mosaic Ark, RFB reads from three top secret books that were buried in the Vatican Secret Archives. How did she get access? Join us in discovering the hidden truth of the Vatican Secret Archives, manuscripts like "The Nag Hammadi Library" and "The Other Bible." What influence do the lost books have on Christians? Have secret texts been purposefully hidden from Christendom, or has Christendom forgotten how to read its own texts? —Streamed January 17, 2024 #naghammadi #wisdom #vaticansecretarchives Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Subscribe to Logos & Tolkien on Unauthorized.tv to join the live chat, and get all our content, including “The Forge of Tolkien” and “Medieval History.” Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Buy our books: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/shop-1 Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about

The professor and the pigeon meditate on the 1973 film version of_ Jesus Christ Superstar_, and like the artists who made the movie, attempt to explain Christ to the Modern world. Was it blasphemous to show the gospel through the perspective of Judas, or was it a revelation of man's response to the Gospels in the modern world? Join us as we ask exactly who is Jesus Christ and why it's so hard to say why we love Him. —Streamed October 4, 2023 #jesuschristsuperstar #christianity #artwar Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Visit https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark for links. Visit Dragon Common Room (https://www.dragoncommonroom.com) to buy our books and learn more about our journey in the Ark. Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rachelfultonbrown/draco-alchemicus About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about Join our list: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/contact

The Ark sails into the murky waters of Christian Nationalism and defining what is this thing called Judeo-Christian civilization. RFB and Kilts explain the Western Medieval and Coptic connections that link both in the ancient story of the Hebrews, celebrating liturgy through the Temple tradition of the early Christians. Kilts describes the Copts who refer to themselves in the context of the Solomonic roots of their faith, and the fulfilment of Israel's hope in Christ. Are Westerners Judeo-Christian, or are we too scared to ask? #judaism #christianity #copts #liturgy Join us for our livestreams weekly at Unauthorized.tv (https://unauthorized.tv) and on Telegram (https://t.me/fencingbearatprayer). Schedule and episode guide: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark. Podcast available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, Stitcher, Pandora, and Amazon Music. Visit https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/mosaic-ark for links. Visit Dragon Common Room Books (https://www.dragoncommonroom.com) to buy our books and learn more about our journey in the Ark. About us: https://www.dragoncommonroom.com/about.