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The Lake of Dreams, the Sea of Rains, the Gulf of Dews, the Ocean of Fecundity
“What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman? Her antiquity in preceding and surviving successive tellurian generations: her nocturnal predominance: her satellitic dependence: her luminary reflection: her constancy under all her phases, rising and setting … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, James Joyce, Moon, symbolism, symbols, Ulysses, woman
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Bird Goddess
“A girl stood before him in midstream, alone and still, gazing out to sea. She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird. Her long slender bare legs were delicate as a … Continue reading
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Tagged archetypes, bird, goddess, James Joyce, literature, myth, susan seddon boulet, symbolism, symbols
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Distant Music
“He asked himself what is a woman standing on the stairs in the shadow, listening to distant music, a symbol of. If he were a painter he would paint her in that attitude. Her blue felt hat would show off … Continue reading