Rapunzel
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Cruise Ship Disaster
by Rapunzel inapparently, a cruise ship got caught in a typhoon that hit the r.o.p.
[republic of the philippines].the estimated death toll is approximately 700, or about half the number who perished on the titanic.
i fear that the death toll in the latest cruise-ship disaster could actually be higher than 700. my fear comes from the fact that 700 were officially registered as being on board.
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Joseph Campbell's Definition of the Word "Religion"
by Rapunzel incampbell states: "my favorite definition of religion is 'a misinterpretation of mythology.
' and the misinterpretation consists precisely in attributing historical references to symbols which are properly spiritual in their reference.
what a mythic talks about is not something that happened somewhere or will happen somewhere at some time or another; it refers to what is now, and was yesterday, and will be tomorrow, and his forever.
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Joseph Campbell On Chronology
by Rapunzel insome of you undoubtedly have heard of joseph campbell, author of such books as the masks of god and the hero with a thousand faces, campbell was a world-famous scholar of mythology and comparative religions.
i am currently reading his book, myths to live by, which i find fascinating.. given the interest in the topic of chronology recently evidenced here, i thought that i might post some of campbell's findings on chronology.
i will quote campbell, who states on page 74 of myths to live by, in achapter entitled the separation of east and west, - "according to many of the mythologies still flourishing in the orient, a world flood occurs inevitably at the termination of every aeon.
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What To Think About John Cages' Opus 4'33"?
by Rapunzel injohn cage composed 4'33" [four minutes, thirty three seconds] in 1952. for cage, 4'33" represented the epitome of aleatoric - that is to say random or chance - music; it was the epitome of his notion that any sound constituted, or could possibly constitute, music.
4'33" was composed for any instrument, or any combination of instruments; and the score specifically instructs the musician(s) not to play their instrument for the entire four-minute-thirty-three-seconds duration of the piece.
they do not play so much as one single note.
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Has Anybody Seen "Professor" Peter Schickele/P.D.Q. Bach In Concert?
by Rapunzel infirst, i want to thank everyone for responding to my recent queries regarding musicians and bands; i enjoyed reading your posts and i really appreciate them.
now, i am wondering if anyone has seen peter schickele [p.d.q.
] in concert, or if anyone has any of his c.d.'s.
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Does the "24 Elders Class" constitute a New Class?
by Rapunzel ini was wondering if someone could kindly answer my question: is there a new, "24 elders" class of people?
i was baptized a long time ago - in 1976. i also faded a long time ago; i left in '78 or so.
in any case, at that time, the witnesses generally spoke of two groups or classes of people - the so-called "annointed" consisting of the 144,000 with the heavenly hope, and the so called "large crowd" whose hope was to inherit an earthly paradise.
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At One's Beckett and Call
by Rapunzel ini was wondering if anyone has read, and appreciates, the works of samuel beckett.
beckett is most famous, i suppose, for his stage play waitng for godot [en attendant godot].
although this is perhaps his most well-known stage play, beckett did write others such as krapp's last tape.
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On-line Resource Material in Languages Other Than English
by Rapunzel inmy question is: how much material exists on line in languages other than english for ex-jehovah's witnesses and people doing research on the witnesses organization?
of course, there is now an extremely vast amount of such research and reference material in english on the internet; then again, english is - at present - the predominant language used on the internet in general.
but does anyone know the situation in regard to languages other than english?.
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Required Reading Lists for Presidential Candidates
by Rapunzel inas students, were you ever assigned a reading list of books that you had to read?.
in yesterday's [sunday's] new york times, there was - what i thought - a very interesting article.
it was a sort of survey in which some twenty writers were asked which books they thought the three american presidential candidates should be asked to read.
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Dream On, Brother [and Sister], Dream On!!!
by Rapunzel in) is any one here capable of remembering his/her dreams?.
) does anyone believe that dreams - and the analysis/interpretation of dream - provide a "key" to solve any of life's problems?
can the analysis/interpretation of one's dreams be therapeutic?.