tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804748110841330925.post210689718414315520..comments2024-03-02T19:50:12.352+00:00Comments on Henosis Decanus: Cultural CritiqueFrater Yechidahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08630272924336872824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804748110841330925.post-32310994567758777942006-10-07T23:43:00.000+01:002006-10-07T23:43:00.000+01:00That's an excellent point, SS, regarding their "hi...That's an excellent point, SS, regarding their "high culture" being a degraded form of an even higher culture (and, possibly, the latter being a degraded form of an even higher high culture, ad infinatum), as what is conservative now is actually quite liberal to what was conservative a century or two ago (and that likewise).<br /><br />I can understand how the emperor and pope might have seen Shakespeare as "barbarous", given he chose to write in the tongue of the common people, etc. (which seems like such a lofty tongue to many people today, lol), but I can't ever share their feelings in regards to him or his work, given my own poetic and bardic tendencies. Many cheers for the bards! :)<br /><br />-DFrater Yechidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630272924336872824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8804748110841330925.post-24257967807767955642006-10-07T21:30:00.000+01:002006-10-07T21:30:00.000+01:00Thanks for the posting.
Cultural conservatives te...Thanks for the posting.<br /><br />Cultural conservatives tend to adhere to formal structures and "courtly" presentation venues. What they consider to be "high" culture is actually a degraded form of a higher culture.<br /><br />Many are the critics of Shakespeare who perceive him as a barbarous writer. In fact, the bardic tradition was attacked by both Caesar and Pope as being an illegitimate form of cultural expression. It's free style and liberating mode of expression shakes the Roman court to its foundations.<br /><br />I share your appreciation for the popularized forms of gnostic literature. Like the wandering bard, such cinematic presentation can open the minds of the Average Jane and Joe to a more profound form of cultural appreciation.Sophia Sadekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303748450821405889noreply@blogger.com