Shakespeare's Mystery Play: A Study of "The Tempest."Scholarly Press, 1972 - 247 páginas The author claims that "The Tempest" belongs to the same class of religious drama as the mediaeval Mysteries, Miracles, and Moralities; that it is an allegorical account of those psychological experiences which constitute what mystics call Initiation; that its main features must, therefore, of necessity resemble those of every ritual or ceremonial initiation which is based upon the authentic mystical tradition. |
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... Desire , tempting him to abandon his quest . This is the testing time for the seeker after Truth . He must hold fast to his purpose . Desire , if it be resolutely resisted , will depart from him , leaving him to pursue his way in peace ...
... Desire , tempting him to abandon his quest . This is the testing time for the seeker after Truth . He must hold fast to his purpose . Desire , if it be resolutely resisted , will depart from him , leaving him to pursue his way in peace ...
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... Desire . Note the nature of the Dragon , which is generally hybrid in form and native to water ; also the point of encounter , which is invariably out of and above water . St. George slew the Dragon and thereby saved the " king's ...
... Desire . Note the nature of the Dragon , which is generally hybrid in form and native to water ; also the point of encounter , which is invariably out of and above water . St. George slew the Dragon and thereby saved the " king's ...
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... Desire . I have already dealt at some length with the aspect of the Tempter as Desire , and also with the various forms in which he is represented . In the Genesis story the Tempter is described simply as a Serpent . But the typical ...
... Desire . I have already dealt at some length with the aspect of the Tempter as Desire , and also with the various forms in which he is represented . In the Genesis story the Tempter is described simply as a Serpent . But the typical ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE PLAY AND THE PAGAN RITES | 12 |
THE MEANING OF INITIATION | 83 |
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A. E. Waite Aeneas Aeneid AETHER allegory allusion Alonso ancient angels Ariel ascent aspirant Beatrice Caliban Celestial Paradise ceremonies Christ cited consciousness corresponds Court Party Dante darkness declares Desire devil divine Dragon EARTH elements Eleusinian Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis Elysium evidence evil experience fact Fall Ferdinand Gonzalo Greater Initiation Greek hierophant Ibid implies interpretation Island Lady Lesser Initiation Lower Paradise Masque matter means Miranda MIST monsters monstrous mystic myth mythical mythological ordeal pagan pagan Mysteries pagan rites passage passional WATER Persephone plane Play Poet present Prospero psychological Purgatory reason reference remarks represented resemblance revelation RING OF FIRE ritual initiation says Scene sense sensuous Shakespeare significance Sirens sleep Soul speaks spirit Stephano and Trinculo story story of Ferdinand strange subjective suggest Sycorax symbolical Tempest temptation Tempter Thalath thee Themistius Third Degree thou tion tradition Truth Veil wanderings Warburton Wilderness Wisdom Woman words Zoharic Zoroaster