From: Peterfabriani@aol.com
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 20:12:21 GMT
In a message dated 11/4/02 4:58:52 PM GMT Standard Time, speterson@fast.net
writes:
> Peter,
>
> Apocylpse means revelation or unveiling. It is an idea that assumes a dual
> reality that includes the material world of experience and a spiritual
> world that is kept hidden and to be revealed at a later time. It is an
> example of a way in which a society can promote itself despite its values
> seeming to have low quality. Society says, “Ok, these values don’t seem
> to work in the real world, but wait until the curtain falls. Then we will
> see “real” reality where these values are absolute. (So go on serving
> society even though it doesn’t always serve you.)” It serves society in
> the way the hero idea does. It half-acknowledges the individual and then
> turns him back into a cog in the Great Machine.
>
> Steve
Hello Steve,
Thanks for that. My dictionary does not tell the whole story!
Your account of apocalypse fits very nicely with my Wonder tales post?
Peter.
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