Essay Magic Shows W.B. Yeats, Magus By Jamie James For William Butler Yeats, poetry was a kind of magic. More
Essay Arts & Letters The Sacred Word By Sabiha Al Khemir By beautifying the word of God, the medium and the message became interconnected. More
Essay The Sea A Winelike Sea By Caroline Alexander Homer’s famous “wine-dark sea” has left scholars wondering: how did the Greeks truly see the sea? More
Essay Celebrity Gilgamesh to Gaga By John Tresch Fame machines have always found ways to conjure up and emanate glory, to magnify the power of kings and gods. More
Essay Magic Shows Healing Spirits By Daniel Mason The uneasy relationship between magic and medicine. More
Essay Luck Our Savior By Ludmilla Petrushevskaya Magical stories come and go, but the song remains the same. There is no way we can escape our destinies. More
Essay Migration Doctors Without Borders By Deirdre Mask On the Black doctors who received their medical degrees and a new sort of freedom in Europe. More
Essay Philanthropy Philanthropy in the End Times By Curtis White The state of giving at the impossible intersection of capitalism, morality, and the natural world. More