Comments on: Image of the Day : Golden Fleece http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/ updated on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:38:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: THELMA http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-70871 THELMA Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:50:34 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-70871 Dear Silvio, our best wishes for the ..Greek mythology exam. You will have to tell us the results. LOVE, Thelma Dear Silvio, our best wishes for the ..Greek mythology exam. You will have to tell us the results.
LOVE,
Thelma

]]> By: Silvio http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-70241 Silvio Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:43:44 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-70241 Thank you, Savita! God bless. Thank you, Savita! God bless.

]]> By: Savita Vega http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-70062 Savita Vega Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:32:04 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-70062 Nella bocca del lupo (that's "good luck") on your exam, Silvio! Savita Nella bocca del lupo (that’s “good luck”) on your exam, Silvio!

Savita

]]> By: cigarra http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-69942 cigarra Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:52:18 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-69942 :) Atalanta: the unique woman between the Argonauts! :) Atalanta: the unique woman between the Argonauts!

]]> By: Silvio http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-69852 Silvio Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:12:11 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-69852 This is funny. We learned about this in my greek mythology class a few weeks ago, but I was reviewing the story for my final exam just last night. It must be an omen that I will get 100% :) This is funny. We learned about this in my greek mythology class a few weeks ago, but I was reviewing the story for my final exam just last night. It must be an omen that I will get 100% :)

]]> By: Alexandra http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-69831 Alexandra Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:36:59 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-69831 Well,i really remember a touching story of love,passion ,blind passion,pain,death and sure,jealousy.Poor woman... Well,i really remember a touching story of love,passion ,blind passion,pain,death and sure,jealousy.Poor woman…

]]> By: Savita Vega http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-69811 Savita Vega Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:19:56 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-69811 Funny - I was just reading this tale to my daughter a few days ago, from a children's book of mythology. My favorite element is the dragon that is the final obstacle this hero must face and conquer. To stretch the subject a bit, I have a couple of tattoos. I think I've mentioned one of them here before. The other is a red dragon (not a Western dragon, but an Asian dragon) tattooed over the center of my chest, a sort of shield to my heart. Both of these tattoos are not mere "mistakes of youth" left over from wilder days. I got them both when I was quite mature, and quite sober, in every sense of the word. For me, it was a very personal decision, a sort of private ritual marking certain points in my spiritual journey. People who do not have tattoos have asked me why I would ever do this. First of all, it is not for show. Both are in places that are generally for my eyes only, not easily revealed by everyday clothing. These tattoos for me are very strong, like personal talismans; I would even go so far as to say that they are imbued with a certain energy that does in fact have a power in my life and over my person. At any rate, I like that idea of the World Tree (the Axis Mundi, "heart of the world") - the heart in my case, my own heart - guarded by the dragon. The hero, like the Shamans in the ancient pre-Christian times, has to climb this World Tree in order to bring back the great wisdom and magic of the gods (in this case the golden fleece) and thereby reclaim his right to rule the kingdom. Mythology is such a powerful force when we allow it to enter and take root in our lives. Savita Funny – I was just reading this tale to my daughter a few days ago, from a children’s book of mythology. My favorite element is the dragon that is the final obstacle this hero must face and conquer.

To stretch the subject a bit, I have a couple of tattoos. I think I’ve mentioned one of them here before. The other is a red dragon (not a Western dragon, but an Asian dragon) tattooed over the center of my chest, a sort of shield to my heart. Both of these tattoos are not mere “mistakes of youth” left over from wilder days. I got them both when I was quite mature, and quite sober, in every sense of the word. For me, it was a very personal decision, a sort of private ritual marking certain points in my spiritual journey. People who do not have tattoos have asked me why I would ever do this. First of all, it is not for show. Both are in places that are generally for my eyes only, not easily revealed by everyday clothing. These tattoos for me are very strong, like personal talismans; I would even go so far as to say that they are imbued with a certain energy that does in fact have a power in my life and over my person.

At any rate, I like that idea of the World Tree (the Axis Mundi, “heart of the world”) – the heart in my case, my own heart – guarded by the dragon. The hero, like the Shamans in the ancient pre-Christian times, has to climb this World Tree in order to bring back the great wisdom and magic of the gods (in this case the golden fleece) and thereby reclaim his right to rule the kingdom.

Mythology is such a powerful force when we allow it to enter and take root in our lives.

Savita

]]> By: THELMA http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/12/05/image-of-the-day-golden-fleece/comment-page-1/#comment-69741 THELMA Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:00:43 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=2339#comment-69741 http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/jason_01.shtml The myth of Jason and the golden Fleece.. Greek mythology is full of Gods, Heroes, wars, jealousy,love.. I have learned the history and mythology at school, and in my fantasy all those Gods and Heroes were my true.. friends and relatives! None of them was ... an ordinary man! LOVE, Thelma http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/jason_01.shtml
The myth of Jason and the golden Fleece..
Greek mythology is full of Gods, Heroes, wars, jealousy,love..
I have learned the history and mythology at school, and in my fantasy all those Gods and Heroes were my true.. friends and relatives! None of them was … an ordinary man!
LOVE,
Thelma

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