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Cosmology and the Fate of Hardy’s Tragic Heroines
To what extent are Hardy’s tragic protagonists themselves responsible for the fate that overtakes them? I suggest that depends on cosmology. As scientific advancements in the 19th century made it difficult for Hardy to accept his Christian cosmology, he looked for alternatives (Inghan, 181). I suggest that Hardy mixes and matches them to…
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Mars & Pluto / Occultism & Magic/ Purposeful Change
There’s something about natal combinations of Mars (personal will) and Pluto (raw power) that make them a force with which to be reckoned.
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Comparison and Contrast Using Jungian (Archetypal) Literary Criticism of Extracts from Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss and Forster’s A Passage to India
One of the primary purposes of Jungian Literary Criticism is to uncover the unconscious dynamics underpinning the work so as to gain a better understanding of their function (Dawson, 277). Hence Jungian Literary Criticism often begins with the question: “What psychological factor (whether image or complex of concerns) might have been responsible for this text?”…
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A Storyteller’s Inadequacy
But the notion that words and ideas are prisons per se is a bit hard to take.
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Is your heart still in what you’re doing?
Let’s face it – with such heaving energy prevailing – this year will be one long test.
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Tarot ‘Year Card’ for 2014
This is a technique used to gain insight into the energies, opportunities, and events in store for me in the coming year.
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2013 in review / Happy New Year
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,900 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to…
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The Hermeneutics of Christmas
What if one of the Magi were Pythagoras reincarnated? What if the Magi had been initiated by the prophet Daniel? What if instead of one Jesus, there were two as depicted by the Leonardo Cartoon in the National Gallery in London and on the north portal at Chartres?
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Hens & Chicks
If Ms. Green-Peas, a belly dancer from New Hampshire, could capture the heart of the nation, then there was no reason her chick might not do the same.
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The Secret of Silene Tomentosa
If anyone had asked why he’d done this every morning for the past six months, he’d gladly have told them. But since no one – not even his wife – had shown the least interest in his labours, he’d kept the secret of Silene tomentosa to himself.
ARCHETYPAL ASSETS
Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar