PREFACE TO THE 1949 EDITION “TH E TRUTHS contained in religious doctrines are after all so distorted and systematically disguised,” writes Sigmund Freud, “that the mass of humanity cannot recognize them as truth. The case is similar to what happens when we tell a child that newborn babies are brought by the stork. Here, too,…
Month: August 2022
Evolution of Literature
Enheduanna “The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (approximately 2285 – 2250 BCE). Enheduanna is a remarkable figure: an ancient “triple threat”, she was a princess and a priestess as well as a writer and poet. “The third millennium BCE…
Creation Myths Compared
Common Elements in Creation Myths Lindsey Murtaghhttps://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths.htmlIt is in the nature of humans to wonder about the unknown and search for answers. At the foundation of nearly every culture is a creation myth that explains how the wonders of the earth came to be. These myths have an immense influence on people’s frame of reference….
Ancient Greece and the Bible
Most of us who grew up in Protestant churches and Sunday Schools think of Bible Country as that land in modern-day Israel–the areas surrounding and/or near Jerusalem and Bethlem. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but he grew up in Nazareth. Long before Jesus was born, a shepherd boy named David was born in Bethlehem, and…
Aesop’s Fables – Who Was Aesop?
“Aesop (/ˈiːsɒp/ EE-sop or /ˈeɪsɒp/ AY-sop; Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales associated with him…
Greece – The Mediterranean Sea
Greece is surrounded on 3 sides by the Mediterranean Sea–or by the Ionian Sea or the Aegean Sea, both of which are bays of the Mediterranean Sea. The mainland of Greece is a peninsula, and Turkey is across the Aegean Sea–to the right of Greece–or to the east. Italy is another peninsula that lies to…
Pan the god of the outdoors and Midas
THE WOOD-FOLK. Pan led a merrier life than all the other gods together. He was beloved alike by shepherds and countrymen, and by the fauns and satyrs, birds and beasts, of his own kingdom. The care of flocks and herds was his, and for home he had all the world of woods and waters; he…
The Emissary by Ray Bradbury
HE knew it was autumn again, because Dog came running into the house bringing the windy cold smell of autumn with him. In every black dog-hair, he carried autumn: leaves caught in his dark ears, dropping from his white chest, and off his tail. Dog smelled just like autumn! Martin sat up in bed and…
The Lake, Ray Bradbury
THE LAKE Ray Bradbury The wave shut me off from the world, from the birds in the sky, the children on the beach, my mother on the shore. There was a moment of green silence. Then the wave gave me back to the sky, the sand, the children yelling. I came out of the lake…
Zen in the Art of Writing, Ray Bradbury
https://raybradbury.ru/stuff/zen_in_the_art_of_writing.pdf A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ray Bradbury has published some twenty-seven books—novels, stories, plays, essays, and poems—since his first story appeared when he was twenty years old. He began writing for the movies in 1952—with the script for his own Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. The next year he wrote the screenplays for It Came…