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Eugene Terekhin

Eugene Terekhin

Augustine: Why We Love the Right Things in the Wrong Order

National ideologies seem to elevate some form of “good,” and then they sell it to the public as the highest good.

Feb 16

Augustine: Why We Love the Right Things in the Wrong Order

Feb 16

Eugene Terekhin

The Music of Silence and the Language of Heaven

Just as Tolkien’s Elves were awakened by the song of water falling over stone, so we are awakened by our inner silence — the Music of the…

Jan 28

The Music of Silence and the Language of Heaven

Jan 28

Eugene Terekhin

How Did Harry Potter Reverse What Voldemort Did to Himself?

To avoid vulnerability, Voldemort split his soul into several pieces and hid those parts that made him weak. It was soul rupture.

Jan 23

How Did Harry Potter Reverse What Voldemort Did to Himself?

Jan 23

Eugene Terekhin

Why it is Impossible to Force Your Way into Excellence

Excellence is something we relax into. It’s counter-intuitive but it works. We think it’s up to us, but it’s not.

Jan 20

Why it is Impossible to Force Your Way into Excellence

Jan 20

Eugene Terekhin

C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield: Do Languages Get Simpler or More Complex Over Time?

When we encounter true words, we are stirred and awakened. True sayings don’t need definitions. They are a wake-up call.

Jan 15

C.S. Lewis and Owen Barfield: Do Languages Get Simpler or More Complex Over Time?

Jan 15

Eugene Terekhin

Why the Two Trees of Yavanna Have “Most Renown,” and About Their Fate All the Tales of the Elder…

What makes Yavanna Kementari special in Tolkien’s lore?

Jan 10

Why the Two Trees of Yavanna Have “Most Renown,” and About Their Fate All the Tales of the Elder…

Jan 10

Eugene Terekhin

Chapter 2. Mark and Leo

An epic true story of two Russian families fleeing Russia in October 2022 not to participate in the war with Ukraine.

Jan 6

Chapter 2. Mark and Leo

Jan 6

Eugene Terekhin

Why did Aragorn Warn the Hobbits Three Times NOT to Say the Word “Mordor” on Weathertop?

In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the most powerful weapon of the totalitarian state is the revised dictionary.

Jan 5

Why did Aragorn Warn the Hobbits Three Times NOT to Say the Word “Mordor” on Weathertop?

Jan 5

Eugene Terekhin

Chapter 1. “Special military operation”

An epic true story of two Russian families fleeing Russia in October 2022 not to participate in the war with Ukraine.

Jan 4

Chapter 1. “Special military operation”

Jan 4

Eugene Terekhin

The Ring-Shaped Heart of Sauron

Sauron was a Maiar whom Melkor seduced into evil in ages past. Sauron’s passion and obsession was order for he had little tolerance for…

Dec 21, 2023

The Ring-Shaped Heart of Sauron

Dec 21, 2023

Eugene Terekhin

Eugene Terekhin

Eugene Terekhin is a translator, SEO writer, and driftwood craftsman. http://www.restandtrust.org/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/DriftwoodCraftEugene?ref=seller-pla

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