Monday, December 6, 2010

the language of history

The history taught in schools of conquest, intrigue, and invention is not our true history, but mere braggadocio and scratchings in the sand. Our true history can only be told in mythos, in parable, in metaphor, and poetry.
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  1. PatrickDecember 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM

    I love this! Thanks for the reminder to stop dangling our toes in the shallows when we could be diving in the deep end.

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  2. Gregory LeFeverDecember 6, 2010 at 12:25 PM

    So true, George. Same holds true for the events that make up our daily world. The news media portrays them as stories of "conquest, intrigue and invention," while we need to view these events as myths, parables and metaphors for an underlying reality.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 6, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    Maybe our true history is that of our conscious evolution as told through myth, parables, metaphor and poetry.

    The other is just stories of stuff, or the 10,000 things. lg

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  4. AnonymousDecember 7, 2010 at 9:16 PM

    Learning history in english class, reading class.
    One can learn anything in the reading lesson.
    Cross learning, I love it!

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