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“But the delight of Earth, the wonder of it; the essential feeling as of the necessity for magic; that juggling with the golden moon and silver sun (such are they) that is man's universal pastime: these are the things to seek in the Kalevala. All the world to wheel about in, the Great Bear to play with and Orion and the Seven Stars all dangling magically in the branches of a silver birch enchanted by Väinämöinen; the splendid sorcerous scandalous villains of old to tell of when you have bathed in the 'Sauna' after binding the kine at close of day into pastures of little Suomi in the Marshes.”
― The Story of Kullervo
― The Story of Kullervo
“Cynicism is a great cure for over-study.
There is a great deal of cynicism in this book, in one place and another. It should be regarded as Angostura Bitters, to brighten the flavour of a discourse which were else too sweet. It prevents one from slopping over into sentimentality.”
― The Book of Lies
There is a great deal of cynicism in this book, in one place and another. It should be regarded as Angostura Bitters, to brighten the flavour of a discourse which were else too sweet. It prevents one from slopping over into sentimentality.”
― The Book of Lies
“[...] the great Rule of the Game in the Kalevala which is to tell at least three lies before imparting any accurate information however trivial. It had become I think
a kind of formula of polite behaviour, for no one seems to believe you until your fourth statement (which you modestly preface with 'all the truth I now will tell you,
though at first I lied a little'.”
― The Story of Kullervo
a kind of formula of polite behaviour, for no one seems to believe you until your fourth statement (which you modestly preface with 'all the truth I now will tell you,
though at first I lied a little'.”
― The Story of Kullervo
“high on top of the world our noses sniffling like the noses of little boys playing late Saturday afternoon their final games in winter”
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“Ma è un fatto d'esperienza che esiste un'attività psichica preconscia, cui corrispondono fattori autonomi, precisamente gli archetipi. Se si giunge a riconoscere che le voci e le idee deliranti di un malato di mente sono autonome, che le fobie e le ossessioni di un neurotico sono sottratte alla sua ragione e alla sua volontà, che l'Io non può fabbricare ad arbitrio nessun sogno, ma che sogna semplicemente quel che deve, allora si può anche capire che prima furono gli dei e poi la teologia. Anzi, si deve fare apertamente ancora un passo, e ammettere che prima ci fu una figura luminosa e una crepuscolare, e soltanto in seguito una chiarezza della coscienza, che si liberò dalla notte e dal suo incerto lume stellare.
{Lo Spirito Mercurio}”
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{Lo Spirito Mercurio}”
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