RTTW Chras writings

Josh Geller · 06 Jan 2003, 17:25 · from urth-v0301.mbox · original

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From: Josh Geller <dclxvi at dclxvi.best.vwh.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) RTTW Chras writings
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 17:25:29 +0000 (GMT)
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On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Andrew Bollen wrote:

> I missed a Chras quote from RTTW when I posted on this topic previously.
> In the scene where SIlkHorn assists with the sacrifice in Viron, we get
> this passage:

> "A simple way would be to admit that myth is neither irresponsible
> fantasy, nor the object of weighty psychology [etc] ..."

> Anybody know where this comes from? Google has let me down.

> It reads like something which could be in the Introduction to Graves'
> "The Greek Myths" (lost my copy years ago), but I guess there are many
> other possibilities.

Could easily be "Hamlet's Mill".

J.



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