Coleridge’s Imagination: Restoring the Chain of Being (Previously Recorded Webinar)
$18.00
Enlightenment broke the Chain of Being, “untenanting creation of its God.” The Medieval Reason snapped through the clouds into the heavens, and eighteenth-century England wallowed in materialistic and utilitarian philosophy, “scoffing ascent / Proud in their meanness: and themselves they cheat.” The veil between earthly and heavenly things became an iron curtain, and material things were stripped of symbolical understanding in order to be sent to the factory for base uses.
In steps Coleridge.
This webinar covers the philosophical beliefs of Coleridge’s day and how he sought to reclaim a place for the discarded Imagination by rebuilding the Chain of Being. In doing so, he returned to a transcendent view of the cosmos and humanity, taught how to read with medieval eyes, and opened up England to the philology practiced by scholars like Jacob Grimm. We’ll walk through Coleridge’s Method, an epistemology that moves from experience through imagination to the Mind of Christ and harmonizes every aspect of human nature, including religion, literature, education, and natural science.
Coleridge’s philosophy shaped Charlotte Mason, Sir Humphrey Davy, George MacDonald, the Inklings, and Northrop Frye. To better understand Coleridge is to better understand the language and writings of his philosophic and literary descendants. This webinar unfolds how Coleridge translated the medieval mindset for his world “that we may learn with young unwounded ken / The substance from its shadow.”
(All quotes taken from “Destiny of Nations” by Coleridge.)
Instructor: Heather Goodman
Meet Times: August 27, 2025 from 7:00-8:30 PM ET (1 session, approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes long); Lifetime access to recording will be available to students
Individual Price: $18 (Non-Refundable)
How to access the class: One hour before the live event begins, customers will be given a link via email and also in their HHL accounts to watch the live webinar over Zoom. After the live webinar has concluded, the recording will be made available in the customer’s HHL account the next day for lifetime access.
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Enlightenment broke the Chain of Being, “untenanting creation of its God.” The Medieval Reason snapped through the clouds into the heavens, and eighteenth-century England wallowed in materialistic and utilitarian philosophy, “scoffing ascent / Proud in their meanness: and themselves they cheat.” The veil between earthly and heavenly things became an iron curtain, and material things were stripped of symbolical understanding in order to be sent to the factory for base uses.
In steps Coleridge.
This webinar covers the philosophical beliefs of Coleridge’s day and how he sought to reclaim a place for the discarded Imagination by rebuilding the Chain of Being. In doing so, he returned to a transcendent view of the cosmos and humanity, taught how to read with medieval eyes, and opened up England to the philology practiced by scholars like Jacob Grimm. We’ll walk through Coleridge’s Method, an epistemology that moves from experience through imagination to the Mind of Christ and harmonizes every aspect of human nature, including religion, literature, education, and natural science.
Coleridge’s philosophy shaped Charlotte Mason, Sir Humphrey Davy, George MacDonald, the Inklings, and Northrop Frye. To better understand Coleridge is to better understand the language and writings of his philosophic and literary descendants. This webinar unfolds how Coleridge translated the medieval mindset for his world “that we may learn with young unwounded ken / The substance from its shadow.”
(All quotes taken from “Destiny of Nations” by Coleridge.)
Instructor: Heather Goodman
Meet Times: This is a previously recorded webinar.
Individual Price: $18 (Non-Refundable)
How to access the class: The recording for this mini-class will be available in the customer’s HHL account under the “My Courses” tab. Click on the mini-class there to view the video and access any further content connected with it.
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