See also: soror mystica in Alchemy (alchemical, alchemist)

Medieval chivalry, moreover, opened a new chapter in the history of literature. It prepared the way and gave ready currency to an epic and romantic movement in literature reflecting the ideal of knighthood and celebrating its accomplishment and achievements. Provence and Normandy were the chief centres of this kind of literature, which was spread throughout all Europe by the trouvères and troubadours.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03691a.htm

The amorous character of the new literature had contributed not a little to deflect chivalry from its original ideal. Under the influence of the romances love now became the mainspring of chivalry. As a consequence there arose a new type of chevalier, vowed to the service of some noble lady, who could even be another man’s wife. This idol of his heart was to be worshipped at a distance.

Subjects I have cooking in my head:

- Sex workers: cultural taboos, imprinting, marriage, etc
- Peace-keepers: connections between martial and religious orders, and much more.

Both also have to do with “service”…

Also, yes, I am interested in putting together a book-length version based on this series. But it is right now highly directed towards web/blog/multi-media content. And each post I write makes me want to go back and add/change old ones to improve cohesion. So my plan is to let it all roll out on-line in its current form, and then begin going back and revising. I will also entertain offers from agents, editors and publishers to assist me in transforming this series into a saleable format in the future.

Any more posts in this series to look forward to?

Because it also was the pharaoh’s duty to ensure truth and justice, many of them were referred to as Meri-Ma’at (Beloved of Ma’at). Since she was considered as merely the concept of order and truth, it was thought that she came into existence at the moment of creation, having no creator and made the order of the entire universe from the chaos.

what are your thoughts on ufos and such?

So how can we tie this all back concretely to the theme at hand?

Oops, you’re right.

i have been fascinated by the idea of flying saucers and aliens since i was a child and would like to see evidence. but again, when examining what is presented as such i have always come away disappointed.

Terence McKenna - Shamanic Approaches to the UFO

i have been fascinated by the idea of flying saucers and aliens since i was a child and would like to see evidence. but again, when examining what is presented as such i have always come away disappointed.

when i see my child do card tricks that defy the imagination i see parallels to what we experience when we are presented as weird and unusual things and events.

having said that, our existance isn`t a slieght of hand. it`s the greatest mystery of all, and the one we are all continuing to evaluate and explore.

i tried to read the pdf of the book but got part-way through and realised i was reading something similar to the recent project serpo “mythology” floating around the ufo community.

could be true though, but ufology is full of such stories and characters who tell such tales.

my life-long passion to understand human perception has taken me down some interesting rabbit holes………this being one of them.

and be certain that you aren`t the only nnut on the tree.

The recurrent anecdote in the story of Johnston is that of Laurie, the girl with whom he tumbled head-over-heels in love when she walked into his classroom at art college. Laurie was engaged to a local undertaker, and she and Johnston were never more than friends, yet in her memory he has found inspiration for dozens of songs. “Oh Laurie, uh? Wanna know about Laurie?” he smiles softly at the mention of her name. “Well, Laurie was a girl that I really liked a lot. When I found her, she already had a boyfriend. But it was just magic. She had a magical quality. It was only over a few months that we would talk, she worked at the store, and she loved me, I know she did. But it was like a sister and a brother type thing, and I was afraid to really try anything. But I was just so obsessed. When I wrote a song I would think of every moment I had with her.”

It has been suggested that in Laurie, Johnston found the ultimate muse; a sort of latter-day equivalent of Petrarch’s Laura, perhaps. It has long been suspected that Laura never really existed, that his muse was in fact the laurel garland awarded to the champion poet of his day,

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1757359,00.html
http://www.lyricstime.com/daniel-johnston-you-re-not-laura-lyrics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Palmer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Piggy

are you following me?

I think I catch your drift. I was doing a little fanciful thinking along those lines after I posted the comment. I’m glad I’m nut the only nut on the tree.

My paranoid side will still require that I keep all writing like that in the catagory of mind game but it’s the best I’ve read in that catagory.

tim, great article. projection is a confusing mechanism and one that is difficult to reconcile in the robot-mind of the work weary consumer.

I’m not usually interested in UFO’s etc. much but this has some compelling details in the colored notes. This comment on page 109 is what makes me bring this link here.

We have no inclination to fare-forth to other
things & other Ways. our is Way of Life,
time-proven & Happy. We have nothing, own
Nothing, except our Music & our Philosophy &
are Happy.