Rivendell, in the hall of fire
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- I read and reflect on Tolkien’s marvellous description of the full enchantment of poetry.
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I live for these videos Dr Guite, they are a window into a better world, they got me through a very difficult period of my life last year and I am eternally grateful, ps also they encouraged me to take up the beautiful art of Peterson smoking, thankyou again 😊
Yeah. I feel you. My child killed herself 4 years ago. How would I have made it through without poetry. Thank you
@@bobdubI’m very sorry for you’re loss, I feel as if the lack of poetry art and beauty in the world these days is incredibly sad and it would be a far better place with much much more
@noisyatom2995 "your mind transfigured by high poetry" isn't he wonderful. A proper priest ❤❤ thank you. Hard times are hard
@@noisyatom2995thank you
😢@@bobdub
When you settle down and say "I think we should go back to Rivendale" is like a warm blanket
Malcolm + Rivendell + a smoke = Day Made! My new favorite youtube channel.
Don't forget the wee dram or pint of foamy ale...
Malcolm, every visit with you is like an actual visit to call upon Lord Elrond at Rivendell!
These videos have the timelessness of Rivendell... I don't know how to put into words the comfort it gives me
Hello Malcom, Purchased my first pipe today and it was wonderful! I would love to see your pipe collection!
Welcome to this great hobby! May it bring you peace and relaxation
Dear Malcom,
This is just a small gesture to show a little gratitude for your videos. They are one of the brightest moments of my weekends. Our shared love for Tolkien is amusing to me - though if I could spend some time in middle earth, I would probably be in Khazad-dûm, with its many-pillared halls of stone, golden roof and silver floor, runes of power upon the door, the light of sun and star and moon in shining lamps of crystal hewn, undimmed by cloud or shade of night, where they shone for ever fair and bright.
My wife has a brother in Cork (Ireland) and a cousin in London. As my daugther will arrive in this world soon, it may take a while before we can travel, but me and my wife would love to meet you at your favorite pub to hear a bit about Tolkien over a couple of pints, and also maybe your take on a few of those books of the Bible we strive to understand, as the Book of Job.
I wish you a safe trip. Many blessings,
Carlos
Many thanks Carlos for your continuing generosity. And yes let’s meet up when you’re this side of the pond. Keep me posted
M
Thanks Mr. Malcom for your wonderful videos. They're so relaxing and have a real positive effect on my mind. Greetings from Italy
Bizarre coincidence that I just happened to read that section yesterday and I similarly found myself entranced by it. Like an out of body experience. I was suddenly hit by the nostalgic feeling of all my best experiences engulfed in music and poetry.
I haven't watched a video in a little while. I jumped back to the latest one that I hadn't seen and your wife(?) behind the camera pans around the room at about 1.30 and i can only imagine her thoughts. "Malcolm how many books do you really need". It reminded me of a job I did one day moving somebody's library and it was a mighty job. She might've had only half of the books you have. It must've been an incredible effort to move all of your books 😆
Everyday is a good day when Malcolm Guite uploads. 👍 Enjoy your trip to the land of the Swiss. God go with you. 🙏🏻
I really enjoy when you sit down with a book by Tolkien . I settle in with a tankard and listen. Thank you Malcom.
Thank you very much! Funny how much enjoyment comes from just a few minutes’ break, and discussion of beautiful work.
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the generous encouragement
My first time watching, I shall watch again and have subscribed, what a joy to hear your commentary and love for Tolkien's words.
Welcome aboard!
I've recently been reading through a companion book to Lewis's "Abolition of Man" called "After Humanity." You can imagine the pleasant surprise I had in finding passages from Rev. Guite scattered throughout the book. Reading words from a wise man is one thing, but knowing the man who wrote them is a gift. And what a gift it is to be able to hear your musings so frequently, Malcom! God bless you!
I'd never really stopped to appreciate the utter transcendent beauty of this passage before. The way the tale of Earendil sweeps Frodo into another world, while in turn, crashing upon the coasts of our own hearts and drawing us into the tale too is like nothing I've ever read. He even uses the motifs from Earendil's story - light and seawater - to roll these three layers together. God bless Malcolm.
Couldn't agree more!
Best part of the day with our Word Wizard!!! Truly the best!!!
Rivendell being an imaginative rest for the reader is such a beautiful way to describe this part of the story. I felt exactly the same when I arrived there on my reading recently.
From the Hall of Fire to the Study of Fire with each puff of the pipe, the joy of story telling and richness of thought - another wonderful visit Malcolm.
I’ve just listened to a CZcams where I discovered you lived in Huntingdon and on the Oxmoor-I grew up on the Oxmoor and have also just been ordained. Amazing!
That's great to know. I was vicar of St. Barnabas for a while. I'm so glad to know God has called someone from the Oxmoor to be ordained. That's the way it should be.
I’ve been away from listening this past while but this reminds me of your wonderful discussion with Iain McGilchrist and the way in which he began and ended his 365 days of poetry with beautiful scenes and the bringing together of music and shapes and feeling and I just want to say thank you Malcolm again. I think you’re a remarkable human being. Well done Sir. God bless.
My best book is a paperback of the fellowship from the early 60s and I cherish it dearly
I always wanted to visit the Alps in Summer. Enjoy your trip! ⛰🚠🌄
Just exactly what I needed before night sleep 😴
These videos are the highlight of my CZcams feed❤
Right on time 🎉
I’ll second that
I'll 3rd that.
exactly when he means to
Its not often i listen to someone whos read the books like me, you mention these scenes and i automatically go back to the chapeter and get excited....truly awesome 😊
I’m glad to see another book lover double shelving!
Malcolm, this may be a bit unorthodox for a lady but I tried pipe smoking recently, partially because of Tolkien's writings on it and partially because of you. Curiosity got to me haha. It was quite pleasant! Thank you again for another wonderful Tolkien video. I always look forward to your videos!
Keep it up if you enjoy it. I know a few female pipe smokers. It’s not just for men.
Have a safe trip. Thank you for sharing from Tolkien.
You bring out the old soul in this young man of 27.
Thank you for these videos.
You have such an amazing and beautiful home library, and I truly appreciate your videos. Thank you, and God bless you, Malcolm 🙏
Peace and Love from Allentown PA, Dr. Guite! You are a comforting presence in many lives.
Always a pleasure to visit the inviting, charming Dr. Guite in his cozy study... I'd be honored to do so for real. Thank you for these videos, your wonderful readings and musings. Much Love and Best Wishes from Brooklyn, NYC!
Malcolm, appreciate you very much and your videos are wonderful.
To me this sounds like a psychedelic, deep meditation, or near death experience for our dear Frodo. Especially when words and concepts turn to images and lands not yet imagined, opening out before us. It matches very closely to those experiences.
I literally dont watch content like yours, i do listen to readings but theyre different. Your channel just kind of randomly popped up, and i saw you and immediately wanted good things to come to you. I genuinely cant explain it, but i subbed just so i can check in. Thats all, i hope youre doing wonderful, sir.
Now this is a man I can trust. Big white beard, smoking a cigar, and talking about Lord of the Rings.
Agreed, the simple life is what I long for.
Great stuff as always! Your videos are just wonderfully positive and such tributes to the power of the imagination. Keep up the good work and have a safe and restful vacation.
There was a tobacco called Rivendell but they had to change the name...were getting in trouble with the movie studio I think ...
it's a cozy time with your content, thank you Malcolm. like a warm fireside chat with an old friend
I have a very fond and strange memory of having read this portion of the chapter my first time through the book, in the very early 2000s. It can't have taken me very long, yet my memory of it seems to exist in an hours-long haze, as if the intoxicating and chronologically ambiguous scene Tolkien describes became my own experience.
So very, very true! Chapters 1 and 2 of Book II are so evocative and powerful. Even as a child of 11 or 12, (I turn 63 today!) I found them strangely transformative and moving. Bilbo’s earlier experience and his reaction in The Hobbit while listening to Thorin & Co. sing of their homeland very nearly foreshadows Frodo’s emotional response in the H of F. My memory of its first impact on me is visceral and real. I didn’t yet understand Lewis’s sehnsucht, but I was sharply aware of its feeling. Later in high school, seeking for kindred spirits, I talked some peers into reading LotR for their first time. I recall being so very disappointed when they found those chapters tedious: “too many names…” 😂. Such a delight now to hear them read by someone who is acquainted with the yearning and the cosmic import of it. I absolutely look forward to experiencing it again one day whilst reading your Matter of Britain.
Cheers!
I bought a copy of the singing bowl and with great delight
I recognised the genius of reverend malcolm Guite .
you are most kind
My visits with you are my quiet place amidst the storms of life... thank you for this!
What are they smokin in those Elven pipes me wonders - Altered consciousness indeed.
Thank you good Sir ❤
im so very happy that the algorithm showed me your videos as I love watching and buying books that you talk about.
perfect time to watch this
Hello Reverend Guite, and I hope you're enjoying your day. Though new to your channel I am becoming quite fond of it, and considering your interests -- especially Arthurian legendry -- I would ask: have you ever read the works of Arthur Machen? Machen, if you are unfamiliar with him, was a Welsh writer of horror and fantasy from the 1890s to the 1940s, and his tales are full of mysticism and metaphysics. Machen, at heart a mediævalist, was fascinated by the Holy Grail, and I think his "The Secret Glory" and "The Great Return" (as well as other works like "The Bowmen") would be to your taste. Also, considering your enjoyment of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, I recommend you read Machen's Dyson tales ("The Inmost Light," "The Three Impostors," "The Red Hand" and "The Shining Pyramid"). Doyle borrowed a copy of The Three Impostors" from his friend Jerome K. Jerome, and when he returned it he said to Jerome -- "Your pal Machen may be a genius all right, but I don't take him to bed with me again," referring of course to the genuinely terrifying elements of the book.
Two other authors I recommend are Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Eighteenth Baron Dunsany, better known as Lord Dunsany, and Algernon Blackwood. Both were from the same era as Machen, and all three (Machen, Blackwood and Dunsany) received the highest praise from H.P. Lovecraft (whose own early Dunsanian tales like "Polaris," "Celephaïs" and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" are themselves classics of fantasy). Dunsany told of imaginary worlds in a beautiful style imitative of the King James Bible, while Blackwood wrote fantastical and weird tales like "The Wendigo" and "The Centaur." I seem to remember that Tolkien acknowledged that his phrase "crack of doom" originated in one of Blackwood's tales.
Finally, I earnestly recommend Sir H. Rider Haggard to your attention. Tolkien was a great admirer of his work, particularly "She" and "Eric Brighteyes." Haggard had, as someone or other described it, a "mythopoeic gift," and his tales of adventure and fantasy are full of that longing for past ages, that talk of great kings and forgotten things and mysteries in remote lands, that makes Tolkien so brilliant, as well as an immediate vista of hunting, battle, and lost races, with plenty of mysticism thrown in.
In any case, enjoy Switzerland, and don't miss the Reichenbach Falls!
Anyone interested in Machen and, especially, Machen as a Christian writer, should hasten to the Darkly Bright site, maintained by Christopher Tompkins. Tompkins has reprinted a great many pieces written by Machen for the Evening News. His Press has issued several books of Machenian interest, and he is about to publish a critical edition of Machen's novella The Terror, which starts as a mystery story, becomes a weird tale, and turns out to be, almost in its last few sentences, a work of mythopoeic imagination. Visitors to Dr. Guite's videos, and Dr. Guite himself, might do well to start with two short works, "The Great Return" (already mentioned) and "N," probably the only short story you will ever run across which brings in the term "perichoresis" (co-inherence). Several of the stories The Nineteenth Century mentions are relatively early stories that are definitely exercises in horror, not necessarily reflective of the most valuable Machen. I don't myself think much of his novel The Secret Glory, which has too much self-pity, etc. Better, I believe confidently, is his autobiographical book Far-Off Things, which might delight a number of people here including Dr. Guite.
these videos bring me a lot of peace, wishing you all health and happiness
You, sir are truly an overall inspiration and treasure
Wow! That was exquisitely enchanting, and soothingly spellbinding - your reading is simply superb. Thanks to both of you for your generosity in time and efforts. We wish you safe travel, and a truly refreshing holiday in, like Rivendell, our favourite country 💞 lucky you! Best wishes 💙
I have been under the spell of Tolkien but not when I read but when the words were read to me by Phil Dragash in his excellent vocal performance of Lord of the Rings
Enjoy your holiday! Be careful if you go near the Reichenbach Falls!
Hiyas Malcolm,
Thank you for taking us to Rivendell with you. I joined you with a lovely bowl of Rattray's Stirling Flake, so delicious. Safe travels and we'll see you when you return from yer holiday.
Serene smokes!
Always a pleasure to view and listen to you, sir. Enjoy your time away. Peace!
Anything Rivendell or The Shire is just so comforting
literal legend
This video is a lesson for me, thank you very much
Whoa, such a wonderful passage! Must go back to reread in LOR. Speaking of Silmarillion - that is actually my favorite book from Tolkien. Reading that, particularly the origin story and the listening to what you just read, I really can’t help but think the author knew more about the spirit world and the Divine than we could imagine.
The personal moments of Frodo are so sympathetic and immersive, especially in the first part, and I think extremely relatable (e.g. for young people, but most people in certain moments), and also responsible for the success of the works, I think. But that can be felt with Bilbo in The Hobbit, too, to some extent, and most of Tolkien's works in some form. There is something strong, and underregarded, which ultimately saves the works even against some strong assaults (which are still in some way or other ignorant, or insensitive of this).
Exactly here i am with my reading. I am suprised, how much is different compared to movies.
Your off on your own little adventure. Have a great time
Overcast day here in Iowa, relaxing with my dog, great time for a video from Malcolm :D
I love watching these videos while dancing on my roof
Lovely upload ❤
Thank you Mr Malcom. A true pleasure!!!!
3:08 spot on with that impersonation
That was beautiful
Great reading, thanks for sharing your time with us. Always great to hear and see you.
This is glorious. I'm glad I found this channel.
Keats for sure, as Dr. Guite notes around 12:00. One might also be reminded of Andrew Marvell's line about "Far other worlds and other seas" in connection with Earendil's voyage.
Bon voyage!..🚢
Delightful, thank you.
"precariously balanced piles of books" should be a poem!
Lovely session, enjoyed listening along
Lovely insight.
Happy travels.
I'm caught up in the magic of your voice.
You should do a full read-through of LOTR. Not every word, but reading excerpts with commentary, chapter by chapter, maybe for subscribers. I think that would be a great service to mankind.
I would love to do it, but I cant get permission!
I love the lotr ,,,,i watched the film Tolkien yesterday,,,was fascinating
Your videos are my hall of fire,sir
Thank you Malcolm, enjoy the chocolate.
Enjoy your holiday Malcolm.
i need to be like this man when i get older omg
I was wondering if you could list your favorie blends of pipe tobacco, sadly my local tobacconist has closed indefinitely and, the balken blend I much enjoyed is now simply a legend, it was akin to leaves burning in fall, and alas i only have but a small amount i wish to save for old age. Id gladly take your recommendations. So that in spirit i can enjoy sharing something quite personal while watching and learning from the special moments that you show us all.
Great choice of tobacco, awesome pipe.
Lovely reading.
Even though i have never read or watched The Lord of the Rings I still enjoy these videos. I hope to read them in the future. Perhaps I'll purchase a copy of the Hobbit for Christmas.
My first copy of the "Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit" was a Christmas gift in 1977. I may still have a couple of the original paperbacks around but I now possess a beautiful hard cover box set with incredible illustrations by the great Alan Lee. I highly recommend getting yourself a decent copy...and enjoy. The films are great but my favorite adaptation is the 1981 BBC radio play with Sir Ian Holm as Frodo and Sir Michael Hordern as Gandalf.
You should!😊
I wish we could all come visit you.
Cheers Dr. Guite
I don't sleep well , so I try to tell myself stories to leave everything behind
Seek for the sword that was broken, in Imladris it dwells! Alas far too hot for a pipe out here in western Canada. Now it is hot summer, and I am discontent, for polar bears revel in the ice and snow, in glorious winter we abide. 🙂(I will settle for a cooler August though!) Namarie until the stars shine upon us all again!
I wish the Hall of Fire had made into the movie 🔥
Enjoy you holiday good Sir!
Seems I completely missed the point of lord of the rings. Thank you for opening its words; its words that transcend simple storytelling words that are just the mere waves on a lake of profound meaning
I'm curious if you have ever read any Robert Jordan? the Wheel of Time is a long but fulfilling series, very similar to LoTR but with a lot more "small moments" if you will, I have really enjoyed the channel since discovering it and have enjoyed listening to you talk about pipes and books
Very nice words go well with my pipe and delux navy rolls
I love books😁
The poetry reminds me of Coleridge.
Mr. Guite, I'm new to the channel and can't help but feel impressed at your collection!
Would you mind to share some recommendations from those shelves? Perhaps some of the stuff you feel people should know more about, or that you particularly enjoy?
I wish you a good holiday in Switserland, maybe you will be visiting the Lauterbrunnen tal and imagine that you are in Rivendell
Thanks. That’s exactly what we’re going to do. I might even try to do a spell in the library from there!
@@MalcolmGuitespell ah that would be wonderful