O Precarious Ally - Part I

“Beauty will save the world,” said Prince Lev Nikolyaevich Myshkin in Dosteovsky’s The Idiot, and indeed beauty is something we are being readily encouraged to embrace in the Church and the world to enrich our lives and walk as a path to God in His Truth. But is the path all sunshine and roses? Or are their traps along the way for unwary travelers? We take a look at some of the darker side of beauty and keep our eyes open as we walk the Via Pulchritudinis.