This is a wonderful article with insights well stated, especially the validation of parts of postmodern thought. But the article, along with many others of the same content, eclipses the one Inkling, namely Barfield, who was really the leading figure when it came to themes of participatory knowledge and the "rediscovery of meaning." While his fiction never put him on the same standing as Lewis and Tolkien, it does seem like Barfield deserves wider attention for his groundbreaking ideas in his philosophical works. At least one reason for this redressment is to acknowledge the ways in which Barfield both directly and indirectly fed the imaginations and intellects of Lewis and Tolkien.