Ross Arlen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Location | Houston, TX, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | PhD. student at Rice University in the Religious Studies department, studying Modern Christianity in Thought and Popular Culture. I am interested in too many things, but especially Religion, Folk Culture, Myth, Paganism, Catholicism, and Fantasy literature and film. Ultimum bellum pro memoria est. Always, etc., Ross Arlen |
| Interests | Western Culture, Tradition, Religion, Myth, Literature, Art, Art History, Aesthetics, Architecture, Philosophy, Ethics, Philology, Literary Criticism, Family, Community, Etiquette, Manners, Genealogy, Ritual, Theology, Christianity, Catholicism, Monasticism, Kabbalah, Alchemy, Tarot, Gnosticism, Occultism, Enlightenment Thought, Esotericism, Astrology, Witchcraft, Shamanism, Herbalism, Paganism, Neopaganism, Taoism, Apocalypse, Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Escapism, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Transhumanism, Music, Film, Theatre, Ballet, Opera, Fairy Tales, Folklore, Folk Music, Folk Art, Antiques, Craftsmanship, Woodworking, Metalworking, Basque, Celts, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Neolithic Archaeology, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Ancient History, Medieval History, German History, English History, Early American History, Texas History, Texas Culture, Food, Wine, Whiskey, Whisky, Tobacco, Beer, Cured Meats, Hunting |
| Favorite movies | The Tree of Life, The Wicker Man, Network, The Third Man, My Fair Lady, The Life Aquatic, O Brother Where Art Thou? |
| Favorite music | Classical, Folk |
| Favorite books | Brideshead Revisited, Till We Have Faces, The Lord of the Rings, The Book of the New Sun, Winnie-the-Pooh, Orthodoxy, Modern Culture |