In this discussion on the Grail Quest - our theme for this quarter and overarching theme for the year at the Incidental Encyclical - our editors discuss the person of the Grail seeker. Samuel presents his thesis on the nature of pagan, Christian, and anti-Christ seekers of the Grail, embodied in the mythic characters of Oedipus, Parzival, and Captain Ahab - figures whose legends stretch from antiquity to modernity. Having already discussed Parzival in the first episode of Socrates' Razor, and likewise Oedipus in the previous bonus episode of the discussion, a lot of the focus of this episode is on the novel Moby Dick, and the figures of Ahab, Ishmael, and Queequeg.
Stay tuned for more leviathan-themed content in the coming weeks, as well as the full release of Issue 1 for 2024, coming soon!
Episode 5//The Grail Quest//Autumn 2024