"The Mystical World of George MacDonald" (Complete Film)

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Күн бұрын

When I originally posted my documentary on the works of George MacDonald in late 2007 YT only allowed movies less than ten minutes in length so I had to present it in parts. Now I'm presenting the movie in its entirety. I gave away hundreds of DVD's of this film to anyone who asked for it for quite some time. As a consequence it's been showed at churches and special events the world over. The DVD is no longer available but now you can stream it for free.

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@festerbestertester1284 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. I have loved George MacDonald for over fifty years. 😊

@kimmckisick-monroe8578 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I discovered MacDonald in 1987 during a stay in Japan. During a heinous bout with the flu, I was fortunate to find on the bookshelf "Gifts of the Child Christ". After returning to the states, it took me 20 years of passionate searching to find my own copy on a back shelf in a dusty antique shop. The two volume set is treasured, along with "The Princess and the Goblin", "Back of the Northwind", and many other works. I have a saved playlist of audiobooks, and "Lilith" is next in line after "Donal Grant". Again, Thanks!!

@jordanparsons5703 Ай бұрын

The documentary is good; the music is utterly beautiful.

@kathleenphillips6445 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your kindness.

@theocaldwell5440 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! About 20 minutes in and loving this. First heard of George MacDonald in C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce. Grateful for this tremendous production about him.

@jordanmodell 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the video. I actually made a pilgrimage to his birthplace in Scotland and was shocked that there are no statues, nobody knows where his home was, basically no one save the librarian had ever heard of him

@gmdinformation 8 ай бұрын

That's a shame. Well he was a giant in my eyes anyway!

@mauricemorning Жыл бұрын

Thank you Will. I read Lillith when I was 19 after having read The Golden Key. I knew I was onto something more than "adult fantasy" as promoted by Lin Carter in Ballantine's publications. I have found the most uplifting and life-affirming passages in many of his popular novels, notably Sir Gibbie, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood and At The Back Of The North Wind. I also mentioned to you, a few years ago, The Flight Of The Shadow, one of his "romance novels" wherein the wanderer meets and is empathetic and feels compassion toward a young atheist who is struggling with Shelley and seeks to make him his watchword. Such great stuff! I wonder if you have ever made your way to these books.

@gmdinformation Жыл бұрын

No, Maurice, of the stories you've mentioned I've only read Lilith, The Golden Key, and North Wind. There are several of his books I haven't gotten to get. I've read all of Chesterton, Charles Williams, and CS Lewis' novels and short stories but still have many of MacDonald's to look forward to.

@theboombody Жыл бұрын

Great concept and execution. I'm glad it's all on one video now.

@gmdinformation Жыл бұрын

I should have done it long ago. . . .

@HighAltitudeInvesting Жыл бұрын

I deeply enjoyed this, thank you.

@robertfrancois6064 5 ай бұрын

Here’s a fun fact for you I live in a UNESCO city of literature and our public library doesn’t have one single book of his( it’s been a few years since I looked) and that is a filthy crime

@RandomCommenterGuy 9 ай бұрын

Great film. Thanks for this work

@billyboomstick8657 10 ай бұрын

Amazing that this is now In one video I have enjoyed it here on KZfaq for many years now

@gmdinformation 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I never realized people would care about having it in one complete slice or I would have done it years ago.

@frgraybean Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! God bless you.

@markinfusino4242 2 ай бұрын

Very good. I love "...Lilith...the Apocalypse of St. George".

@Spacebaby21 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@markbrown6978 3 ай бұрын

A wonderful treasure!

@jeffbetz7344 Жыл бұрын

This is really well done! Thank you for taking all the time that this must have taken to produce. I feel like you also do justice to George MacDonald and what he was about. I love that letter you read that he wrote to a critic. Where did you find that?

@gmdinformation Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The letter was in Greville MacDonald's biography of his mom an dad.

@jeffbetz7344 Жыл бұрын

@@gmdinformation ok. I figured. I’ve got to give that another read. Thanks!

@Terpsichore1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kirkvoelcker5272 Ай бұрын

I learned of George MacDonald from Malcolm Guite.

@scottmcgregor4829 9 ай бұрын

George MacDonald would be stoned today, by the church.

@lightinthedarkness8685 4 ай бұрын

Only the fundamentalists

@Jim-Mc 4 ай бұрын

Why?

@VgirlFilms 10 ай бұрын

Great info so far but was only able to make it to 6:53 before I could tolerate the background music no longer - it is non stop to the point of distracting but I am so very keen to hear and view this material as I adore GM's work, values, world views etc. So, might it at all be possible for you to reproduce this vid with no or very limited background music..?? If you can I am ever grateful, and if you can't, although it will be my loss, I respect your decision. Thanks so much for your consideration :)

@gmdinformation 10 ай бұрын

The movie already been out for 14 years so it's a little late to be changing things. Thanks for your comment though.

@yankeecitygirl 7 ай бұрын

how about if you mute the vid, but keep it rolling with closed captions? Or show the transcript and read along as the video plays. That's how I solve the annoying soundtrack problem.

@Bersztipflag 6 ай бұрын

47:12 He looks a lot like Lev Tolstoy!

@HighAltitudeInvesting Жыл бұрын

Where can I find the music in this documentary?

@gmdinformation Жыл бұрын

Several people have asked me that over the years. I never dreamed anyone would want to hear these background pads as every day music when I made the movie so I never made an effort to preserve any of it. I _have_ found some of it on hard drives but much of it is still lost either on HD's or CD-R's but I'm afraid most may have been thrown out or written over. Maybe it will turn up yet. Thanks for asking.

@__-vb3ht 3 ай бұрын

@@gmdinformation Yeah the music is really good!

@gmdinformation 3 ай бұрын

@@__-vb3ht I appreciate your saying so!

@georgefalconer9810 7 ай бұрын

The word became flesh and dwelt among us- that means Jesus

@UncreatedWay 11 ай бұрын

Where can I read the letter to the Anonymous lady?

@gmdinformation 11 ай бұрын

"George MacDonald and His Wife" by Greville MacDonald.

@ryancain6012 28 күн бұрын

Could someone name the painting at 35:49 ? I would appreciate it!

@gmdinformation 28 күн бұрын

The Shepherds Dream - John Fuseli-1793

@ryancain6012 27 күн бұрын

@@gmdinformation Thank you so much!

@CyntheaAnderson 4 ай бұрын

I, for one, am so glad he veered toward literature, rather than medicine. God had a plan.

@Bigchurchmusic 5 ай бұрын

Romans 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” King James Version (KJV)