From: "bchalk" <bchalk-AT-hotmix.com.au>
Subject: Re: Uploaded Syllabus: The Mythic Woman in Legend and Religion 
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:57:10 +0800


Comment on the sacred - after much research into this during the last few
years, I like what Sister Wendy Beckett says, 'the sacred takes us beyond
ourselves to something which is more than us but intimately part of us'.
(not a direct quote). In my own words it is that which opens our local
personal story to the greater story so that we ask 'where am I in this Great
Play?' With regard to place/space I like the word tenemos - place set apart.
Beryl Chalk
Perth, Western Australia
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Subject: Re: Uploaded Syllabus: The Mythic Woman in Legend and Religion


>
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Tom Craig wrote:
>
>>   For those of you who may be interested, the WS2P97 syllabus is now up
and
>> running on the web (with a few minor upload glitches). You may locate it
at
>> the following URL:
>> http://members.tripod.com/~Cesura/WISE2P97--w2000.html
>
>I took a look at your syllabus, and it looks great, Tom. Really an
>interesting course, and terrific readings.
>
>> Collegial comments and suggestions are always welcome, of course. I'm
still
>> working out the details of the second assignment on a "modern" (last 100
>> years or so) example of a "mythic" woman. According to Wendy Doniger
>> (O'Flaherty), one of the essential characteristics of a myth is that it
>> address some element of the sacred. What do you think, does Princess Di
now
>> qualify according to this criterion? Any others come to mind?
>
>I don't know. How do you understand "the sacred" in this formulation? I
>guess one could say that Princess Di has a numinous quality in the
>popular imagination--is that what you mean?
>
>Judith
>
>Judith Poxon
>poxon-AT-saclink.csus.edu
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