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Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor, and other experts on speculative fiction. Books are nominated and voted on by our supporters, and recordings are available for free via podcast and the Signum University YouTube channel.
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Tonight we will consider Adso's uncertainty about authority and interpretation while William continues to gather data.
Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ )
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Tonight we will follow Adso and William as they almost lose themselves in a bewildering labyrinth, and also enter the library.
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After a long hiatus, we return to reading the signs of murder with Brother William and Adso. Just in time for a second corpse!
Thank you for all your help in funding Rings and Realms Season Two.
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Tonight we will consider magic, benevolent and otherwise, and secrecy, both wise and wicked. If we have time, we'll discuss bloody corpses.
Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ )
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In today's session, we will think about what it is good, or not good, to think about.
Intro music: Gregorian Chant Kevin MacLeod ( http://incompetech.com/ )
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Tonight we consider heresy, fantasy, and other ways of standing on one's head.
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Tonight we complete our ascension to prophetic insight through the church door, followed by a little heresy and some comical illuminations.
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Tonight we will listen to the discussion about a magnificent library and read a magnificent description of a door.
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Don your habit and file in quietly, for tonight we begin our discussion of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose!
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You also shall be Psyche.
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Tonight, Psyche will complete her final task and bear the casket of beauty to Ungit.
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Tonight we will look at the final temptation of Psyche and the long-awaited reunion.
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Tonight we and Orual look back at the earlier narrative with a new perspective.
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Orual absorbs what she learned in her day in court.
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Orual's day in court finally comes: her complaint against the gods is to be heard.
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Tonight we will look at Orual's final two visions of suffering and impossible tasks, and prepare for the Trial of the Gods.
So you've realized the uncomfortable truth that you are Ungit. What do you do?
Having removed her veil once, Orual continues to do so, looking into one mirror after another.
So, who is Ungit? Or is that question too personal?
This evening we join Orual for her confrontation with Ansit, Bardia's widow.
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