Secrets In Darkness

Because the secret places are part of the darkness within, the two previous posts (see links) are more closely connected than expected. Poul Anderson's Carl, a recent convert from post-nuclear polytheism to ancient monotheism, thinks that the darkness within cries out to the dying gods whereas Julian May's Uncle Rogi, a French-American Catholic, believes that only God can love us despite seeing our secret places. Thus, in both cases, contemplation of human inwardness leads to contemplation of divinity.

The next Poul Anderson volume to be reread might be The High Crusade, with its interstellar medieval Christendom.