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Ah, you probabaly won't ever have time in college, in science.

It's about the monomyth. The theory of Joseph Campbell's that all literature,

since recorded legends etc, have signification patterns in terms of heroes/heroines,

calls to adventure, facing trials, symbolism.

It traverses across centuries, world wide. You can see elements of it from Jason and the Golden Fleece

to the Wizard of Oz, to the ancient legends of tribes in Asia, to American Indians folklore.

It was a fascinating book to me. It was freshman english III. I chose it from a list, and did a term paper

"Parsifal's Quest for the Holy Grail and How it Relates to the Basic Monomythical Patterns Found in Literature"

I got an "A+++" grade. He said it was a brilliant paper, and asked me if he could get it published under my name

in a literary journal. I said sure. But somebody broke into his office, and stole all the papers with a grade higher than c on them.

Some dumb somebeech got that for $$$ and just sent it up to his prof somewhere. I worked weeks on researching the

various writings of the Parsival/Parsifal legends around the world, and parsing it into monomythical elements.

dammit. None of us got our papers back. and only a few had typed up a copy.

@chicopee-john said:

There and gone, my friend, there and gone.

@mr.-t said:

I thought vt was going to raleigh nc?

But then again, he may want to keep his opinions to himself while down in the middle of Baptist country.

1 Corinthians 13:11

Yeah, some of the people I'm studying with were talking about Jesus the other day. I steered clear of the convo and talked with this chick who's also taking physics about how we weren't touching that with a ten foot pole. We talked about atheism instead.

@calfoxwc said:

Vapor,

You would really appreciate reading "Hero of a Thousand Faces"

It's a brilliant work.

Let me know if you ever get the chance.

Jeez. I really doubt I will, my reading list for the next couple of months consists of organic chemistry, molecular biology, and classical and statistical thermodynamics.

What's it about?

You would really appreciate reading "Hero of a Thousand Faces"

It's a brilliant work.

Let me know if you ever get the chance.

But then again, he may want to keep his opinions to himself while down in the middle of Baptist country.

1 Corinthians 13:11

I hope and pray you never fall into the belly of the whale, with no

way to get yourself out, until you rethink that stuff.

(that's a reference to Joseph Campbell's "Hero of a Thousand Faces" and the monomyth...

Or, "...never fall into a spring in deep near zero temps away from home,

all alone, in the woods, ... and could never get yourself out."

Also, pray away. The only thing prayers have evidence of doing is creating a placebo effect. Whatever makes you feel better.

I'll pray for you tonight.....like it or not.

2)It's a world wide leftist war. Hasn't escalated to hand grenades... yet? But we are in big, big trouble in the near future I think That's why, at every turn, Hec... I mean, liberalwackoesleftistsMarxist haters are trying to turn every single thing we Americans believe in, upside down.

No, don't use "we Americans." I'm an American too, and it's not turning anything I believe in upside down. 10% of America agrees with me.

They can't take over without doing it. Takeover, as in Chavez permanent takeover. And God, Jesus, and our INALIENABLE RIGHTS granted by God... have long since been the primary target. We have to fight back. We will win.

Truly, you have the resolve and rhetoric of a religious extremist. We are right because God says so, and He is on our side.

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What a truly fitting 666th post. All hail our lord Satan!

Hasn't escalated to hand grenades... yet?

But we are in big, big trouble in the near future I think.

That's why, at every turn, Hec... I mean, liberalwackoesleftistsMarxist haters

are trying to turn every single thing we Americans believe in, upside down.

They can't take over without doing it.

Takeover, as in Chavez permanent takeover.

And God, Jesus, and our INALIENABLE RIGHTS granted by God...

have long since been the primary target.

We have to fight back. We will win.