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The Scapegoat
Chapter 16, verses 20-22 of Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament, speaks of the scapegoat ritual: “When Aaron has finished making atonement for the Most Holy Place, the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall bring forward … Continue reading
Posted in The Scapegoat, Uncategorized
Tagged Aphrodite, archetypes, atonement, Azazel, depth psychology, feminine, George McGrath Callan, goat, guilt, patriarchy, Rene Girard, sacrifice, scapegoat, symbolism, symbols, The Old Testament
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The Wild Abandon of the Vine Month
1.“I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk roses and with eglantine. There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, Lulled in these flowers with … Continue reading
Posted in Summer, The Vine
Tagged blood, Celtic calendar, Christ, communion, Dionysus, fairies, Maenads, Midsummer Night's Dream, sacrifice, Shakespeare, symbolism, symbols, vine, vine month, vineard, wine
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The Flames of Passion in Bellini’s “Norma”
While learning Latin in high school, we were supposed to memorize parts of Julius Ceasar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War. The first sentence has been forever etched in my memory: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, … Continue reading
