Four brilliant essays by the author of Hermes and His Children hailing the elemental force of the irrational in a world that is all too often 'explained' and 'understood': - Moon Madness-Titanic Love - Cultural Anxiety - Reflections on the Duende - Consciousness of Failure. LÃ3pez-Pedraza passionately urges us to acknowledge our roots in the soul and our debt to the unknowable.