[PDF] From War To Wonder Recovering Your Personal Myth Through Homers Odyssey eBook

Author : Dennis Patrick Slattery
Publisher :
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 39,95 MB
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781950186136

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From War to Wonder, Dennis Slattery's new book, not only explicates the beauty and power of the Odyssey, Homer's twenty-seven-hundred-year-old marvel-filled epic, it also offers a marvelous way to interact with it on a daily basis. Those who do so will be amply rewarded by finding access to the poem's myriad meanings, as well as their capacity for forging their own personal myths. Phil Cousineau, author of Once and Future Myths, and editor of The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work What a beautiful invitation this book proffers: to spend a year slowly savoring one of the great masterpieces of world literature and day-by-day discovering how it illumines and deepens your understanding of your own life. Christine Downing, author of The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine and Mythopoetic Musings: 2007-2018

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,47 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496500415

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The Trojan War is over, but now Odysseus has to find his way home to Ithaca . . . and in typical fashion, he's angered Poseidon enough that the sea-god has decided to make his journey miserable (if not impossible).

Author : Homer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1608194868

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The Push Pins Studio founding partner and graphic-novel artist of such adaptations as The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales presents a visual interpretation of Homer's classic that utilizes a black, white and blue interior design infused with Chwast's sly humor.

Author : Jr. John H. Finley
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,35 MB
Release : 1978-02-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780674333857

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This is the long-awaited work on Homer's Odyssey by one of our foremost teachers and scholars of the classics--John H. Finley, Jr. Already, generations of students at Harvard have benefited from his knowledge and understanding of Homer's words and world. Now his thoughts on the Odyssey are woven together in this remarkable volume. Finley begins by arguing the unity of design in the Odyssey, and shows the connection between the actions of three main characters: Telemachus' maturity brings Penelope to her long-delayed decision for remarriage, which, by producing the bow as marriage-test, gives the unknown Odysseus his means of success against the suitors. Finley also suggests that the poem is a kind of half-divine comedy. About an older man's glad return, it contrasts to the Iliad's story of young man's death far from home. It is a comedy to the Iliad's tragedy and, like Shakespeare's Tempest, it brings the absent king to knowledge which, though initially unwelcome, proves his and others' happiness. Throughout his book, Finley applies a lifetime's learning to a work that is universally recognized as one of the highest achievements of our civilization. At a time when Homer is in danger of being swallowed by specialists, it is important to recognize and uphold the poet's basic concern for life and myth and legend. Such sympathy combined with knowledge is Finley's fine achievement.

Author : Deborah Anne Quibell
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0834842017

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A deeply intimate exploration of the "7 Ways" to creativity led by three authors whose collaboration provides meditations on the creative process as well as practical and reflective exercises. Reignite your creative spark with accessible meditations and practices developed by three experts on creativity and collaboration across three generations. Whether you’re a filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, graphic designer, dabbler, or doodler, all creative people face the challenges of myriad distractions and pressure to produce. Devoting space for the creative spark has become increasingly difficult. Deep Creativity is a call for making that space and an invitation to intentionally and introspectively engage with the creative life through seven time-tested pathways, available to you right where you are. The authors’ novel approach includes fifteen principles of creativity that not only inspire but also set you up for a lifetime of self-expression. This highly resourceful book offers practical guidance as well as deep reflection on the creative process.

Author : Elizabeth Vandiver
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 14,36 MB
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0199542740

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A study of the ways in which British poets of the First World War used classical literature, culture, and history as a source of images, ideas, and even phrases for their own poetry. Elizabeth Vandiver offers a new perspective on that poetry and on the history of classics in British culture.

Author : Barbara Wentroble
Publisher : Chosen Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441204776

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Sure, unbelievers are susceptible to Satan's deceptions. But are Christians being deceived as well? Then answer, all too often, is yes. Unknowingly, many are swayed by scripturally unsound teaching as well as false prophecies and other unholy supernatural manifestations. Using biblical and modern-day examples, Barbara Wentroble shows readers how to identify the subtle deceptions Satan employs to cloud the hearts and minds of believers. In a straightforward, informative way, she explains: •how to biblically judge revelatory insight, prophecies, and manifestations •how to protect your mind from deception •the importance of accountability and healthy submission to a Christian leader •how to find healing from past trauma that may leave you vulnerable to enemy attack •how to break free from deception •and much more Wentroble's seasoned insights will equip believers to become mature in Christ, ready to fulfill God's purposes for their lives.

Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,80 MB
Release : 2002-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1590170172

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The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey--a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values. Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley's brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, "as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader"--a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece.

Author : Dennis Patrick Slattery
Publisher : Fisher King Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1926715772

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Riting Myth, Mythic Writing: Plotting Your Personal Story is a both a theoretical as well as interactive book on the nature of personal myth. Its intention is to offer participants who wish to explore further the terms and structure of their personal myth over 80 writing meditations that are spread throughout 9 chapters in order to guide the readers-writers on a pilgrimage into the deepest layers of their personal myth.

Author : I. M. Richardson
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780816700165

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Odysseus returns at last to Ithaca where he rids his house of the evil suitors, is reunited with Penelope, and visits his aging, grieving father.