From the archives of web journal Log24.net

Saturday, August 24, 2002

Cruciatus in Crucem

From Battlefield Vacations, Edinburgh:

On the film "Braveheart" --

If you've ever wondered about what exactly "drawn and quartered" means, there's a good demonstration at the end.

 
 
Page 162 of the May 2002 issue of Vanity Fair Magazine --

NIGHT  TABLE READING --

MICHAEL GERSON
Head White House speechwriter --


God's Grandeur and Other Poems, by Gerard Manley Hopkins (Dover)


"In the last two weeks, I've been returning to Hopkins.  Even in the 'world's wildfire," he asserts that

'this Jack, joke, poor potsherd, patch, matchwood, immortal diamond,
Is immortal diamond.'

A comfort."

 
"Cruciatus in crucem."
-- President Jed Bartlet, The West Wing  (Episode 2.22 , “Two Cathedrals,”
original airdate May 16, 2001, 9:00 PM EST)
 
For the Latin meaning of this phrase, see
 
For the complete script of this episode, see
 
See also my journal note of August 3, 2002, "The Cruciatus Curse," below.
 2:33 pm




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