Fauns…Hippocentaurs…Questing Beasts…Oh my! As we turn to the final panel of Matthias Grunewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece, we discover the Church’s first hermit. Saint Paul the Hermit played a significant role in Jack’s own life, especially when Jack himself was a hermit for four years.

In this episode, Jack reads to us from The Golden Legend and John Moriarty; Seth teaches the four-part Medieval hermeneutic; and Sam indulges in a rant or two. We had significant technical difficulties—technical warfare?—but we persevered and managed to cobble together a faun, or fun, and meaningful conversation.

The music in the episode was written and played by Jack Baumgartner (Through the Windy and John Moriarty is a Cloud of Witness).

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