Friday, September 09, 2005
Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
I went backpacking for labor day weekend. Woohoo! In case you are wondering, the spanish peaks are still beautiful. I read most of the first chapter by firelight, waiting for the logs to burn down into coals. Then I would star gaze waiting for the coals to go out. I found it interesting that the constellations I was looking at were named by the Greeks, the subjects of the first chapter also being Greek. There seemed to be a parallel going on between the reading and the stars by way of firelight. But I don't think I want to put words to it. I'll simply remember the feelings.
Chapter 1: The theme which stuck out most to me is "that which is said". This is emphasized through the agencies of abduction and metamorphosis. Abduction and metamorphosis are similar and each appear to overlap the other. Abduction is the act of change from one setting into that of another. Metamorphosis appears to be nearly the same in its application towards humans(and what is left of a human after partial or total metamorphosis). Herodotus: "To abduct women is considered the action of scoundrels, but to worry about abducted women is the reaction of fools... it is clear that, had they not wanted to be abducted, they would not have been."(p8) The justification towards indifference concerning the situation of abducted women is an acceptance of the practice by society and form of metamorphosis. We have 'what is said' dictated by the change occuring without control for that change.
"What is considered unnameable among other peoples is available for all who want to hear in Create. -- Mystery, in Crete, was made plain to all, no one tried to hide it."(p9) Here, "that which is said" is shown in connection with mystery. The vailed, the hidden, the mysterious is that which is never spoken. When the wall of silence is broken, the mystery and its answers are displayed for all to see. "Crete, with its hundred cities and not a single defensive wall around them," has cities which do not wall mystery. The spoken life in Crete and its explination of mystery is an abduction of the silence and mystery surrounding life of the Greek mainland. The stage is set for the gods and mans metamorphosis.
Chapter 1: The theme which stuck out most to me is "that which is said". This is emphasized through the agencies of abduction and metamorphosis. Abduction and metamorphosis are similar and each appear to overlap the other. Abduction is the act of change from one setting into that of another. Metamorphosis appears to be nearly the same in its application towards humans(and what is left of a human after partial or total metamorphosis). Herodotus: "To abduct women is considered the action of scoundrels, but to worry about abducted women is the reaction of fools... it is clear that, had they not wanted to be abducted, they would not have been."(p8) The justification towards indifference concerning the situation of abducted women is an acceptance of the practice by society and form of metamorphosis. We have 'what is said' dictated by the change occuring without control for that change.
"What is considered unnameable among other peoples is available for all who want to hear in Create. -- Mystery, in Crete, was made plain to all, no one tried to hide it."(p9) Here, "that which is said" is shown in connection with mystery. The vailed, the hidden, the mysterious is that which is never spoken. When the wall of silence is broken, the mystery and its answers are displayed for all to see. "Crete, with its hundred cities and not a single defensive wall around them," has cities which do not wall mystery. The spoken life in Crete and its explination of mystery is an abduction of the silence and mystery surrounding life of the Greek mainland. The stage is set for the gods and mans metamorphosis.
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