In this episode, we are reunited with Will, picking up from where we left him at the end of the Subtle Knife: with Lyra lost and in the company of two angels called Balthamos and Baruch.

Join us as Amy damages Iain’s ears, Iain explains his glorious artistic vision for Metatron’s spear and we speculate about the Angel Alethiometer Switchboard system.

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The chapter quote for this week is from this section of the Book of Job.

Very high level information on the hierarchy of angels here.

More on the delicious history of Kendal Mint cake here!

Here is the great picture of Metatron as interpreted in Islam - as a great and powerful scribe angel.

You can learn more about names of god in Judaism here - or more about Yahweh, El and the Canaan Late Bronze Age.

We highly recommend The Prancing Pony Podcast to any Tolkien fans - one of our big inspirations for starting our own podcast journey!

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud, performed by Claire Wickes

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