Late morning. Carol is off checking on IRA's
at the bank. You have a bath to take and chores/errands today before lunch at
Outback for Mother's Day. Kim called and they are at OU this weekend and
staying at a cabin near Athens for their brother-in-law, Joey's medical
doctorate graduation today. Joey already has his doctorate in pharmacy. His focus
is in anesthesiology like Paul.
1032 hours. Hope to finish up Pouch 17 today or tomorrow, then
work on Dead 18. I want Merlyn to reminisce an early time with Vivien following
perhaps a bit from the French Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances.
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1210-30) The Vulgate
Version of The Arthurian Romances. ed. from manuscripts in the British
Museum by H. Oskar Sommer. Washington: The Carnegie Institute of Washington,
1909-13. Vol. I-VII.
Lancelot-Grail The Old
French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation. ed.
Norris J. Lacy. New York: Garland, 1993. Vol. I Pp. 280-83, 415-17 and Vol. IV
Pp. 245-50, 259-60, 280-83.
In the French Vulgate
version of Merlin and Viviane's relationship Merlin and Viviane are lovers.
Merlin has taken on the shape of youth in the Forest of Briosque when he sees
Viviane for the first time. He notes that it is "unwise to fall asleep in
sin and lose his mind and his knowledge just to know the delights of a young
lady, to shame her and to lose God" (p 280). Despite his foresight, Merlin
falls in love with the Viviane and makes her swear that she will give him her
love along with the permission to do whatever he wants to her whenever he wants
to do it in exchange for teaching her any magic she might like to know. Viviane
eventually learns the spell to bind another in a tower and uses it to imprison
Merlin. She imprisons her lover in a tower of incredible beauty and comfort
while he is sleeping and when he wakes up she promises him that she will come
to visit him often. This promise she keeps faithfully.
In the Post-Vulgate
version of Merlin and Ninianne's relationship, Ninianne is a fifteen-year-old
virgin and afraid of Merlin's intentions. She fears him because of his magic
and the threat of his coming to her in her sleep. Merlin is in love with
Ninianne and would never do anything to grieve her, but at the same time does
desire to have her maidenhead. Ninianne makes a promise to Merlin that she will
love him if he teaches her magic, and he quickly agrees to this arrangement.
When it is time for Ninianne to leave Arthur's court, Merlin goes along with
her. Merlin then shows Ninianne the Lake of Diana, the place where she decides
to start building her own life. She asks Merlin to build her a house on the
shore of the lake and is known forever after this as the Lady of the Lake. One
day Merlin tells Ninianne that Morgan LeFay has stolen Excalibur from King
Arthur, and that the kingdom is in great peril. With this news, Ninianne and
Merlin go to Britian. On their way to Britian, Merlin teaches Ninianne much
magic and eventually she knows nearly as much as Merlin himself. By this point,
Ninianne is thoroughly vexed by Merlin's constant interest in knowing her
carnally and begins to look for ways to be rid of him. She gets her chance in
the Perilous Forest when he shows her the tomb of two lovers. Once Merlin
unseals the lovers' tomb she tells her servants to make beds for her and the
wizard. When Merlin is asleep in his bed, she enchants him so that he no longer
has the power to move. Ninianne then throws Merlin face down into the lovers'
tomb, puts the stone back into place by using a magic spell of binding that
cannot be undone by anyone but herself, and leaves him there for the rest of
time.
Ninianne then goes on to
the battle between Accalon and Arthur. Upon seeing the trouble that Arthur is
in, she enchants Accalon so that Excalibur falls from his hand. Arthur then
runs to pick it up and consequently wins the battle.
From: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/MVmain.htm
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1136 hours. Romeo and Juliet come to mind. The Montague’s
and Capulet’s are secondary. The focus is on love in the story but friendship
beats love, I think this is true in most all cases even though people may not
recognise it because love appears to be more prized, but the longer the love,
the stronger the friendship, it seems to me, and the foundation, whether it
begins as such or not, becomes friendship not love.
You consider this concept a change in
philosophical direction
- Amorella
I cannot tell whether you wish a question mark or period for
punctuation.
There's some insight for you. Post. -
Amorella
Carol is picking up a Mother's Day card for Kim then to Michael's
for more material to fix up her Mom and Dad's grave for Memorial Day. You
assume Cathy takes care of Mom and Dad but you should offer to share costs. -
Amorella
I don't think about it.
Send her an email when practical. - Amorella
Pouch 17 is developing friendship between species.
If you want to look at it like that, that's
fine. - Amorella
I really do think friendship is more important than we give credit
for it. I remember the early years of teaching and I did personal studies for
about ten years -- observing friends in small group interactions. It was always
interesting who was friends with whom and digging out the why's for my own
satisfaction of using personal friendship to induce better learning when
needed. Compatibility was usually one but another was personal usefulness.
Friends leaned on each other for social and/or personal survival.
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Friendship is a form of interpersonal relationship generally considered to
be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in
both friendships and associations. Friendship and association are often thought
of as spanning across the same continuum and are sometimes viewed as
weaknesses. The study of friendship is included in the fields of sociology,
social psychology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology. Various academic
theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social exchange
theory, equity theory, relational dialects, and attachment styles.
Value that is found in
friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating the following on a
consistent basis:
The tendency to desire what is best
for the other
Sympathy and empathy
Honesty, perhaps in situations where
it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of
pointing out the perceived faults of one's counterpart
Mutual understanding and compassion;
ability to go to each other for emotional support
Enjoyment of each other's company
Trust in one another
Positive reciprocity — a relationship
is based on equal give-and-take between the two parties
The ability to be oneself, express
one's feelings and make mistakes without fear of judgement
From Wikipedia Offline
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You
ran some errands and had a Mother's Day lunch at Outback. Two four course
dinner at thirty dollars with an eight-dollar coupon to boot.
"Dinner" was a quite satisfying and excellent proposition.
1457 hours. We are at Michael's off Fields-Ertel Road and have a
B&N stop nearby to pick up the book Carol ordered for me. Lots of traffic,
but then we rarely come down this way on Saturday afternoon. The 'friendship'
definition from Wikipedia works but it means nothing itself -- the words exist
but 'friendship' is told not shown.
I'll do the showing, boy. - Amorella
1609 hours. Home and I have my book from B&N, The Alphabet
Versus The Goddess: The Conflict Between Words and Images, by Leonard
Shlain.
You are thinking, 'it is difficult doing
more than one thing at once,' which is one of the more humorous thoughts you
have had in some time. - Amorella
Carol
is out in the garage and driveway working on filling pots with goods and
plants. You added a few sentences to Pouch 17 and want to move on with it but
relaxation comes first. You have been telling Carol about the Avalon and Honda
hybrids and have made up your mind she will chose one or the other. You don't
care which but in the long run you think she may enjoy the comfort of the
slightly larger Avalon more, plus it has fourteen square feet of trunk space
(with batteries) - the same as your present car, the Honda supposedly will have
thirteen square feet because of battery space. You cannot image fuel prices
moving less in the long haul and thirty-nine to forty miles per gallon is very
good for the larger car. Too much food has made you tired, boy. All for the
present. - Amorella.
You
had a nap and now are out on another errand. Lots of new cars on the road and
you are getting a slight case of new car fever and are concerned about it
setting on your mind. I'll take care of it, orndorff. - Amorella
1937 hours. How can you do that, Amorella?
Like this. - Amorella
That has to be the power of suggestion.
Really. - Amorella
Amazing. No one will believe this. Cars are cars. It doesn't seem
like such a concept would work when I know better.
If you remember, boy, that's how it was when
you were being instructed in self-hypnosis and being hypnotized during the same
sessions by Dr. Paul Payne back in the eighties. - Amorella
Yes, they were during the same sessions. I forget how many I had
but it was during at least a couple of months. As you can use the power of
suggestion does this leave me vulnerable to your self?
Does it? - Amorella
I don't think so. You only work relative to my modes of writing.
We are writing and you are not thinking on
new cars. - Amorella
That's true, even though you mention new cars I do not have that
build up to buy one. This is somewhat weird.
I am your friend and you trust me. - Amorella
That
I do.
You
are home and assuming that you will have a very light snack (cereal) for supper
then watch some television. Later, dude. - Amorella
You
had an evening following your assumption. Time for bed, boy. Post. - Amorella
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