
404: Auden - A Litany and the Horae Cononicae
Published: August 16, 2025
Duration: 2:40:21
Liturgy Amongst the Rubble. In this episode, we read poems by W.H. Auden about pulp fiction, ancient myths, conversion, liturgy, poetics, and how industrialization and corporatism build a new Babel inside and around the churches.
SHOW NOTES:
WH. Auden Bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden
The Orators (1932) https://archive.org/details/oratorsenglishst0000aude/page/20/mode/2up
Horae Canonicae (1955) https://vladivostok.com/speaking_in_tongues/auden9eng.htm
Merlin's Isle by Guite https://www.rabbitroom.com/post/announcing-merlin-s-isle-an-arthuriad-by-malcolm-guite
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