J. Phillip Johnson

No autobiographical account is ever sufficient, because there is nothing more mysterious to a man than himself. I however can list to you several details that might prove sufficient.

I live in Florida with my family.

I wrote from an early age, and in the years from my youth to my adult life I endeavored to hone a skilled and purposeful style at once unique but inspired. I love the majesty of language as a means of both exploring and discovering the truth, so I commit to a wide variety of literary projects including poetry, nonfiction and short stories. I draw from a wealth of traditions and writers, admiring continental authors such as Ezra Pound and Joseph de Maistre as well as formative men in my native language like Chesterton and Melville.

My penchant for court jesters and fools owes perhaps to their ability to boldly speak the truth and express romance, cynicism and joy all at once (or more likely because my first name begins with a J, as does jester). The Motley Court, far from a circus, records a work as befitting a joker of any kind, in the court of a king and for the bemusement of a noble audience.

For my Roman Catholic religion, I aim always to glorify God and contribute to His Presence on Earth. I have in many ways become tired of the world, and boredom is the first and greatest proof that we have a transcendent instinct. In this way I also strive to be a “fool for Christ.” All this contributes toward partaking of the Divine Inheritance, the capacity each person possesses by right of his or her renewed human nature to participate in the holiness of Jesus Christ. This is the very tagline of the website: Participes Divina Hereditas.