Bookwarm Games

Featuring Mark Vernon, who incorporates narrative into his work as a psychotherapist, and insights from his practice into his work as an author.  He's been hosting the video of this conversation over on his website for weeks, but better late than never I thought I'd post the audio and video of it, too, along with more musical themes from the imaginary video game adaptation following the conversation, and an exciting announcement for the new year!  Mark's website: http://www.markvernon.com/  Mark's review of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/02/philip-pullman-jesus-myth  Understand Humanism, by Mark Vernon, with a foreword by Philip Pullman: https://www.amazon.com/Understand-Humanism-Teach-Yourself-General/dp/1444103504  Tracklist: John Faa Farder Coram The Zaal and the Eel Market Spy-flies --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On ch 9: The Spies, in the Golden Compass, and Clockwork, by Philip Pullman --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, ch 8: Frustration --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On chapter 7: John Faa The course page for this series on The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman can be found here: http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

Talking with Signum University Preceptor and Oxford University D. Phil. Gabriel Schenk about Pullman's Oxford and ch 6: The Cocktail Party. Many thanks to Gabriel for his time and insights! His page on Signum U: https://signumuniversity.org/directory/gabriel-schenk/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On ch 6 The Throwing Nets --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On ch 5: The Cocktail Party, of the Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman Course page: http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html?m=1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

A discussion with celebrated author and scholar Verlyn Flieger, in which we do some serious thinking about The Golden Compass and its mythological and literary contexts. Verlyn's page on Signum University: https://signumuniversity.org/directory/verlyn-flieger/ Verlyn's website: http://mythus.com/ In lieu of recess this week there's a brief news segment and another music playlist for the imaginary video game, featuring: The Master and Catacombs Tony Makarios The Lady with the Golden Monkey / Magisterium Ma Costa The Zeppelin The Alethiometer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

On Chapter 4 of The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman: The Alethiometer. Recommended Reading: The Golden Compass Chapter 4: The Alethiometer The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, by William Blake http://www.blakearchive.org/copy/mhh.d?descId=mhh.d.illbk.01 Pullman's illustrations for the chapter headings http://www.philip-pullman.com/Illustrations.php# --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

In which we discuss ch 3 of The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman, Lyra's Jordan, and imagine how it might look as a video game. (Errata: It's not the Sheldon Building where Lyra's Oxford opens, but the Lodge Tower. But I think the same sort of point could be made.) Recommended Reading: The Golden Compass Chapter 3: Lyra's Jordan Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake http://www.blakearchive.org/copy/songsie.r?descId=songsie.r.illbk.01 Map of Lyra's Oxford https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hdm/images/b/bd/Lyra%27s_Oxford_map.png/revision/latest?cb=20170723102043 Course page: http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

I'm joined by Sparrow Alden, Hestia of the Hearth on the Signum U forums, college instructor and preceptor, and youth pastor, to discuss The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman. We touch on the story's attractions--Lyra's character and her relationship to Pan--as well as its dangers--the way it represents an end to childhood no one would want to undergo. Sparrow's page on Signum University: https://signumuniversity.org/directory/sparrow-alden/ Sparrow's blog: https://wordsthatyouweresaying.blog/ After our talk, I've added some updates about the project, including words of encouragement from my friend Patrick, news about publishing some of my EarthBound work weekly on thewellredmage.com and borrowing from brianbrock.com some potential music for the imaginary game adaptation, and offering a few samples of musical themes of my own devising. Enjoy! Check back in a few weeks for my next conversation episode, which will be with the renowned Tolkien scholar, Verlyn Flieger! --- Support this podcast: https://

The lantern slides of Lord Asriel counter the poisoned wine of the Master. Enmeshed in the political tension between the two, we hear about Dust, the Northern Lights, the Grumman expedition, the Magisterium, panserbjorne, and the alethiometer, which foretells of an adventure for Lyra. After the discussion of chapter 2 and its coda, we have a recess including Pan's first transformation and Lyra's first chance to explore the college grounds, albeit by night. More info and schedule: http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html Recommended reading: The Golden Compass Chapter 2: The Idea of North Genesis 1-3, KJV "Miss Goddard's Grave," an essay by Pullman Links: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Compass-Dark-Materials-Book/dp/B0000W6SPE https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A1-13&version=KJV http://www.philip-pullman.com/cm-content/pdf/miss_goddards_grave.pdf --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

The Golden Compass series of Bookwarm Games begins! From an overview of the project, we open the discussion with Philip Pullman's relationship to Milton, Blake, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien; set out the dominant themes of the relationship between Lyra and her daemon, and of innocence and experience; consider how these are reflected in the opening of the story and the reader's experience of it. Then to enrich that experience, we start to develop an imaginary video game adaptation! Send in contributions, ideas, questions here or through http://newschoolnotes.blogspot.com/2018/10/gamecool-books-golden-compass-by-philip.html Recommended reading/listening: The Golden Compass, Chapter One: The Decanter of Tokay Books I-II of Paradise Lost, with Pullman's Introduction "I have a feeling this all belongs to me," Pullman's biographical sketch Links: https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Compass-Dark-Materials-Book/dp/B0000W6SPE https://books.google.com/books?id=Lv-oVbPpc7cC&pg=PT7&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&am

Concluding the series on EarthBound by considering the Apple of Enlightenment, prophecy, and time travel, with readings from Genesis 3, Kant, and Itoi --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

Through the Cave of the Past to the final battle with Giygas and Pokey, reading aloud from them, from the game's letters and lyrics, and from Augustine, who knows something about prayer --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

A homecoming reminiscent of Frodo's and Odysseus', famous Saturnisms, and riding meteorites to the past --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

A ping-pong game of thoughts on EarthBound: courage, wisdom, friendship, travel and time-travel. We also touch on FF Tactics, myth and history, and archaeology-love --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

With Ness in Magicant and the Sea of Eden where he beats his Nightmare and hears his own voice, with Jung on dreams and the shadow --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

A talk with my friend Pat about Where the Wild Things Are and rites of passage, the limits of EarthBound and FF8, and what country music has to do with The American Patrick Corporation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

We get the final note and hear the whole melody, with some amateur musicology and some Alcibiades I --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support