For tonight's Spell in the Library we return to Rivendell! youtu.be/9mw3b27aOGw
Return to Rivendell
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Malcolm Guite
@malcolmguite.bsky.social
Poet, Priest, Life Fellow of Girton College
For tonight's Spell in the Library I show you a lovely presentation box for The Coming of Arthur and read you a passage about Arthur preparing for his coronation! youtu.be/goL2T_ngoI8
Unboxing a Coronation!
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Currently reading Galahad and the Grail by @malcolmguite.bsky.social This is such a wonderful book, i can’t for volume 2 in this Arthurian cycle! #books #booksky
"The greenwood had once flourished there, but many trees had died. Withered they were, leafless and sere. Their hollowed trunks, all gaunt and bare, stood sadly on each side." #GalahadAndTheGrail @malcolmguite.bsky.social 💚
For tonight's spell in the Library I take you to a central question in ThenLord of the Rings and suggest that it is a question we should be asking and answering in our own time! youtu.be/dVpwtUC1-nM
“A man may do both”: Eomer and Aragorn!
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For tonight's Spell in the library I show you the Galley Proofs for the Coming of Arthur and read you a passage! youtu.be/djugqhBbxug
The Coming of Arthur: Galley Proofs!
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For those being ordained this Petertide malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/27/a...
A Sonnet for Petertide, and for those being ordained
The 29th of June is St. Peter’s day, when we remember the disciple who, for all his many mistakes, knew how to recover and hold on, who, for all his waverings was called by Jesus ‘the r…
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"Both the word 'holiday' and the word 'saunter' have their own tales to tell, and their own influence on us." A slow walk around favourite places prompts reflections on saints’ days, for @malcolmguite.bsky.social #MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Poetry
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
WHEN the parish church is dedicated in honour of St Cuthbert, and even the working men’s club (now sadly for sale) is “The Bede”, you know you are in the north-east. Indeed, Maggie and I are back in beloved Northumbria on a much needed holiday, sa...
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For tonight's Spell in the Library we dip into some of the mediaeval sources for the part of Merlin's Isle I am working on right now! youtu.be/7edPsXZWUI8
Tracing the story of Tristan
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Midsummer night, and bonfires on the hill Burn for the man who makes way for the Light: ‘He must increase and I diminish still, Until his sun illuminates my night.’ malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/a...
A pair of sonnets for St. John the Baptist.
So keep his fires burning through the night Beacons and gateways for the child of light.Now, with the summer solstice, we have come to midsummer and the traditional Church festival for this beautif…
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For tonight's Spell in the Library you catch up with me on holiday in Northumbria and I read to you from the manuscript of volume III of Merlin's Isle! youtu.be/cRkSKb_7Q2o
A minstrel comes to Camelot!
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I read you a little-known gem from Tolkien's Collected Poems youtu.be/wzytzm8IlnA
Noel: an overlooked gem by JRR Tolkien
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Give @malcolmguite.bsky.social a follow (and his YouTube a watch) lads - you won't regret it.
Malcolm Guite@malcolmguite.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor tonight's Spell in the Library I read to you from my book Lifting the veil and share the news of a conference in Boston in October which I am both curating and speaking at. See you there! youtu.be/_VgMcUmVLL0
You called me and I came to Colmcille To learn at last the meaning of my name Though you yourself were called, and not the caller, He called through you and when He called I came. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/c...
Columba and my calling.
A fierce dove racing in a fiercer galeJune the 9th is Saint Columba’s day, a saint who has a special place for me, as somehow, he feels bound up in my own journey to Faith. When I was 19, and…
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"Beyond the Severn's sedgy bank, far off in misty vales, Amidst myth-woven meres and fells there lies the land of Wales." #GalahadAndTheGrail @malcolmguite.bsky.social
"In the end, I found that I had to let each of the three Grail knights give his own different account of their experience, since no one by themselves can grasp the entire mystery" @malcolmguite.bsky.social approaches the mystery of the eucharist through verse #MalcolmGuite #PoetsCorner #Galahad
Malcolm Guite: Poet’s Corner
WE HAVE come again to the feast of Corpus Christi, that annual invitation to contemplate the mystery of the eucharist. I have been approaching that mystery through poetry in a more extended and concentrated way in the course of composing Galahad a...
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For tonight's Spell in the Library I read to you from my book Lifting the veil and share the news of a conference in Boston in October which I am both curating and speaking at. See you there! youtu.be/_VgMcUmVLL0
Lifting the Veil!
YouTube video by Malcolm Guite
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Yet this is how He comes. Through wine and bread Love chooses to be emptied into me. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/c...
Corpus Christi: Three Sonnets on Communion
Today is the the feast of Corpus Christi (the Body of Christ), which is really a celebration of the sacrament of Holy Communion. In mediaeval times there used to be wonderful processions in which t…
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Son-in-law Boze Herrington has written a lovely review for @plough.bsky.social of a gorgeous and important book by @malcolmguite.bsky.social. A fragrant and healing balm for our Wasteland. www.plough.com/en/topics/cu...
Galahad and the Grail
Poet Malcolm Guite retells the Authurian legend in verse. Do stories like this have the power to revive a dying world?
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“Unlike many contemporary authors, @malcolmguite.bsky.social has not sought to desacralize or deconstruct the old tales but to restore their ancient symbolic and religious edifice, like a contractor refurbishing a venerable and beloved house.” @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
Galahad and the Grail
Poet Malcolm Guite retells the Authurian legend in verse. Do stories like this have the power to revive a dying world?
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Interview on Mythmakers about why I’m writing an Arthurian epic youtu.be/WRIRJx0ob6I?...
Galahad and the Grail: Malcolm Guite Is on a Quest
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Here is a meeting made of hidden joys Of lightenings cloistered in a narrow place From quiet hearts the sudden flame of praise And in the womb the quickening kick of grace malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/h...
Hidden Joys: A Sonnet for the Visitation
Today is The feast of the Visitation. It celebrates the lovely moment in Luke’s Gospel (1:41-56) when Mary goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who was also, against all expectations, bearing …
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He calls us out of darkness, chaos, chance, To improvise a music of our own, To sing the chord that calls us to the dance, Three notes resounding from a single tone, To sing the End in whom we all begin; Our God beyond, beside us and within. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/a...
A Sonnet for Trinity Sunday
Returning for a moment to my cycle of sonnets for the Church Year, here is one for Trinity Sunday. By coming to us as the Son, revealing to us the Father, and sending to us the Spirit, Jesus reveal…
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In Life, in Love, in co-inherent Grace, In three in one and one in three, in rhyme, In music, in the whole creation story, In His own image, His imagination, The Triune Poet makes us for His glory… malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/a...
A Sonnet for Trinity Sunday
Returning for a moment to my cycle of sonnets for the Church Year, here is one for Trinity Sunday. By coming to us as the Son, revealing to us the Father, and sending to us the Spirit, Jesus reveal…
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For tonight's Spell in the Library we join Faramir and Eowyn on the walls of Minas Tirith! youtu.be/q2d-zcAoZgo
Faramir and Eowyn
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The right words come today in their right order And every word spells freedom and release Today the gospel crosses every border All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...
Our Mother-tongue Is Love; A Sonnet for Pentecost
Here, once more is my sonnet for Pentecost. Drawn from ‘Sounding the Seasons’, my cycle of sonnets for the Church Year, this is a sonnet reflecting on and celebrating the them…
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This is the feast of fire,air, and water Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth. The earth herself awakens to her maker And is translated out of death to birth. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...
Our Mother-tongue Is Love; A Sonnet for Pentecost
Here, once more is my sonnet for Pentecost. Drawn from ‘Sounding the Seasons’, my cycle of sonnets for the Church Year, this is a sonnet reflecting on and celebrating the them…
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there's a decent (ikr) beyond belief (R4) on Dylan and his "spiritual journey" today - with two proper bobcats @michaelgray1.bsky.social and @malcolmguite.bsky.social not yet on sounds for some reason
Today we feel the wind beneath our wings Today the hidden fountain flows and plays Today the church draws breath at last and sings As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise. malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/o...
Our Mother-tongue Is Love; A Sonnet for Pentecost
Here, once more is my sonnet for Pentecost. Drawn from ‘Sounding the Seasons’, my cycle of sonnets for the Church Year, this is a sonnet reflecting on and celebrating the them…
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Guite is an excellent storyteller who could introduce the unadulterated message of the medieval legends to generations to come. www.thetablet.co.uk/inspire/grai...
Grail Quest revisited - The Tablet
Guite’s confidence in his voice and style is key to the charm of the poem, refreshing the centuries-old story while drawing inspiration from Tolkien and
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