I invite you to join me in an exploration of the Cambridge foundational stone of love, summarized by Jesus when a religious expert asked him about the greatest commandment: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 22:37-40, NKJV)
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During my tenure at Cambridge (2011-2021), I recall coming across a very strange word in one of George MacDonald’s 19th century novels (entitled Paul Faber, Surgeon). That word was nephelococcygia (pron. neh-feh-low-kok-sih-jee-ah), which shows up abruptly in the context of MacDonald’s narrative comments about the role of imagination in humanity’s universal search for God.
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