{"id":295467,"date":"2025-03-31T20:13:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-92-claudels-cosmic-vision\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T20:13:39","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-92-claudels-cosmic-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-92-claudels-cosmic-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: 92 &#8211; Claudel&#8217;s Cosmic Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Dec 2, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Watch on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Z5jrU3JYnv0<\/p>\n<p>In his <em>Five Great Odes<\/em>, the great French Catholic poet<br \/>\nPaul Claudel (1868-1955) offers a cosmic vision in which man, in<br \/>\nhis contemplative and poetic capacity, stands as mediator between<br \/>\nGod and all creation.<\/p>\n<p>Man, in the image of God and even more in the headship of<br \/>\nChrist, names all creatures, unites them in his heart, speaks for<br \/>\nthem and offers them back to God as unified whole of which man<br \/>\nhimself is a part: &#8220;I extend my hands to left and to right\/so that<br \/>\nby me not one gap should exist in the perfect circle of your<br \/>\ncreations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Poet James Matthew Wilson compares Claudel&#8217;s cosmic and Catholic<br \/>\nvision to that of Tolkien, and startlingly, to one of Tolkien&#8217;s<br \/>\ncharacters: &#8220;Claudel&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Odes\u00a0<\/em>show him to be a new<br \/>\nTom Bombadil, who moves through the world without irony because he<br \/>\nhas already transcended the jaded and impoverished vision typical<br \/>\nof the modern age and entered with joy into an experience of the<br \/>\nuniversal and the eternal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is an interview with Jonathan Geltner, translator of a new<br \/>\nEnglish edition of Claudel&#8217;s <em>Odes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Five Great Odes<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angelicopress.org\/five-great-odes\">https:\/\/www.angelicopress.org\/five-great-odes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Episode mentioned: &#8220;Structure and Freedom&#8221; with Mark Christopher<br \/>\nBrandt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-33-structure-and-freedom-in-music-and-in-christ-mark-christopher-brandt\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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