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Living the Question: the Voynich Manuscript
It is astonishing how ideas often appear in our awareness in curious juxtapositions. While working doggedly and hopelessly on fathoming the mystery of Stonehenge, my mind was sidetracked by an article on The Voynich Manuscript – an enigmatic medieval volume … Continue reading
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Tagged experience, mystery, Voynich manuscript, Wilfrid Voynich
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Salammbô
I.“Her hair, which was powdered with violet sand, and combined into the form of a tower, after the fashion of the Chanaanite maidens, added to her height. Tresses of pearls were fastened to her temples, and fell to the corners … Continue reading
Posted in Salammbo
Tagged archetypes, experience, goddess, Gustave Flaubert, initiation, innocence, literature, Moon, Salammbô, Scorpio, serpent, sex, snake, symbolism, symbols, woman
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