"Perfect, genuine,
complete, crystalline, pure."
See also The Cruciatus Curse.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
An Icon for Hopper
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Saturday, August 24, 2002
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.
From my journal note of June 28, 2002:
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)
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.
Saturday, August 3, 2002
Saturday August 3, 2002
The Cruciatus Curse
Today’s birthday — Martin Sheen
Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure.
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