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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Seeker Of Truth
December 16, 2009 Seeker of Truth Savior is an archetype. Jesus is perhaps the most famous savior. Christmas is celebrated worldwide even by non-Christians. Jesus embodies a great many things. Although the Jewish prophesy envisioned a warrior-King, Jesus turned out … Continue reading
The End
May 24, 2010 The End Last night I curled up to my husband on the couch and watched the final moments of Lost. Jason had dozed off, as it was past his bedtime. I cried quietly as Jack reunited with … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Lost, Religion
Tagged Death, Dreams, Heaven, Jack Shepherd, Locke, Lost, Mathew Fox, The End, The Last Battle, The Lovely Bones, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Light
May 14, 2010 “I am the star which goes with thee and shines out of the depths,” is a Mithras saying. In Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism the Primal Man does the battle with the ruler of Darkness and is defeated—thus his … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Lost, Mythology, Religion
Tagged Across The Sea, Alice in Wonderland, First Mother, Flashforward, Gnosticism, Jacob and MIB, Light, Lost, Mithra, Phillip K Dick, The End, Writers, Zoroasterism
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Everything Else
February 5, 2010 “It only ends once,” says Jacob to Esau (MIB) in the Season 5 finale of Lost, “Everything else is just progress.” This reminder echoes Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s idea that we are constantly evolving, changing and growing. … Continue reading
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Everything That Rises
July 17. 2009 Everything That Rises Must Converge is the title of a collection of stories by Flannery O’Connor. It is also a book that mysterious Jacob was seen reading in the season finale of Lost. The short stories are … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Lost, Religion
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Young Authors
May 3, 2006 There are young singers, young actors, young musicians, young math geniuses and young chess players. And yet there are almost no young authors. Why is that? Why does writing require experience and wisdom? Is it that adults … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Writing
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Touched With Fire
February 20, 2006 Touched With Fire Touched With Fire” by Kaye Jamison Redfield explores the connection between Bipolar Disorder and the Artistic Temperament. Many authors and artist suffer from what Patty Duke calls A Brilliant Madness. There does seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Psychology, Writing
Tagged Artistic Temperment, Authors, Bi-Polar Disorder, Depression, Madness, Melancholy, Mysticism, Suicide, Writing
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Doppelgangers
December 3, 2010 Doppelgangers Jesus, Oprah and Doppelgangers have dominated this week—reading wise anyway. I read Phillip Pullman’s new book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ and Kitty Kelley’s biography of Oprah this week. Pullman deals with the … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Politics/Economics, Religion
Tagged Christ, Doppelgangers, Jesus, Keith Ablow, Myths, Obama, Oprah, Phillip Pullman, Rags to Riches
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Indiana Jones, He-Man, She-ra and Biblical Symbolism
2006 So much of our knowledge is filtered into our subconscious. Even so, it is knowledge that is accessible and usable. It often takes something like the process of writing to get in touch with all of the obscure references … Continue reading
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