Antigone, defiant and intimate (3/7. Destiny)
Part 3: Destiny. Man descends from the tree. Man, like the tree, is defined as much by his roots as by his fruit. Man, like the tree...
Category: Literature
News from Ernest Hello on fear and its perfections
Fear in general, therefore, possesses perfections that evil lacks. Perhaps the crucifixion was felt in a more terrible way in the Garden of Olives...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (2/7. The funeral)
Part 2: The Funeral — “My dearest Ismene. I came this morning to tell you that I've taken care of everything. I used the same funeral home for…”.
Antigone, defiant and intimate (1/7. The family)
Part 1: The Family From the very first reading of Antigone, an ambiguity arises in the reader's mind. Does Antigone embody the action or...
The meeting of Péguy and Lonsdale – Between heaven and earth
Michael Lonsdale invites us to discover a little gem with his show, Between Heaven and Earth. A delight. Such treasures always deserve to be...
In memoriam Alvaro Mutis
It was a year ago. Alvaro Mutis passed away. This great Colombian writer deserves to be read and reread. This brilliant monarchist project...
Letter to my friend Alvaro Mutis
One day in the 90s, we were walking down the street, we had just left the Hôtel des Saints-Pères, and Alvaro Mutis stopped abruptly. We were almost at the corner of the street...
Alvaro Mutis on the monarchy
The paradox, quite painful for me, is that I was already a royalist at a very young age. I could almost say, since childhood. My first...
Excerpt from The Hussar. Poem by Alvaro Mutis
[…] The centuries-old must of the wine, which is watered in the cellars. The power of his arm and his bronze shadow. The stained-glass window that recounts….
Nocturne. Poem by Alvaro Mutis
Fever draws the song of an androgynous bird, paving the way for insatiable pleasure that branches out and traverses the body of the earth. Oh! the infruct...
In the shadow of Ernesto Sabato
When Ernesto Sabato passed away on April 30th at the age of 99, he repeated to himself the words of Maria Zambrano: "To die, this elusive act that...".
Newman and Socrates
The links between ancient Greek philosophy and Christianity are numerous. The most famous of the Greek precepts: Gnothi Seauton, "Know thyself,"...
Book reviews about Japan
I just finished reading "The Samurai's Mask," an essay by Aude Fieschi (Philippe Picquier Publishers). It's an informative, well-written book that...
Philia, agape and other little things…
The Greeks used three words to designate love: eros, carnal love; philia, friendship; and agape, amorous love.