Reading the Silmarillion

Ultimately, whether he intended the Silmarillion to function as a national epic for England, Britain, the Anglosphere, or the entire world does not really matter all that much. What matters is that he succeeded.

Editorial: Will 2024 bring more spiritual violence?

TWH’s editor-in-chief, Manny Tejeda Moreno, looks forward to 2024 through a review of the documentary “The Mission,” whose story of a Christian missionary killed by an uncontacted tribe unwilling to be converted portends a continued rise in spiritual violence.

To Honor the Gods

If we really believe in practicing world-affirming religions, then we should affirm the world we live in by working for the good of the planet and all that live upon it.