Through A Glass Darkly

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Through A Glass Darkly is an abbreviated form of a much-quoted phrase from the Christian New Testament in 1 Corinthians 13. It has been used as the title for various works, including:

• Through a Glass Darkly, or Såsom i en spegel, a 1961 Ingmar Bergman film.
• Through A Glass Darkly, a 1978 album by Peter Howell and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
• Through A Glass, Darkly, or I et speil, i en gåte, a 1993 novel by Norwegian author and philosopher Jostein Gaarder.
• Through a Glass, Darkly (Highlander) - an episode of the TV series Highlander
• Through a Glass Darkly, a 1986 novel by Karleen Koen.
• Through a Glass Darkly, a 1950 mystery by Helen McCloy.
• Through a Glass Darkly: The U.S. Holocaust In Central America, a book about the brutal civil war in Guatemala through the eyes of a Maryknoll priest.

This phrase was also used by General George Patton (US, dates?) in the poem he wrote which was quoted in the movie bearing his name:

• Through the travail of the ages
• Midst the pomp and toil of war
• Have I fought and strove and perished
• Countless times upon this star.
• I have sinned and I have suffered
• Played the hero and the knave
• Fought for belly, shame or country
• And for each have found a grave.
• So as through a glass and darkly
• The age long strife I see
• Where I fought in many guises,
• Many names -- but always me.
• So forever in the future
• Shall I battle as of yore,
• Dying to be born a fighter
• But to die again once more.

(D'Este, Patton A Genius for War)

It has also been adapted for other means including the following:

• The computer game Oblivion mission: "Through a Nightmare, Darkly"
• A Star Trek Enterprise episode: "In a mirror, darkly"
• The Philip K. Dick novel 'A Scanner Darkly'
• An Isaac Asimov novel 'Through a Glass, Clearly'
• A Rolling Stones compilation album: 'Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)'