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Fields Of Asphodels. A Meeting With CG JungI found myself sleeping but instead of being in my bed I was resting on a grassy knoll at the edge of a forest. In ancient times the edge of forests was where people left food and offerings for their beloved departed souls, who would come out of Hades for a brief moment in an attempt to return to their past life to visit the people they had left behind.

As I wondered if someone would visit me I saw two bright blue eyes looking straight at me. "Master!" I shouted in joyous recognition, for those intense eyes staring straight at me unflinchingly could only be the eyes of Carl Jung. I had never met him in real life. He died in 1961. But I had s
The Apostle To The ApostlesMy name is Mary, known to many as the Magdalene. I am widely known as a prostitute who washed the feet of the man who saved her with her tears and then dried the blessed feet with her long, flowing hair. It is this gesture which transfomed my life and made me eternally known as the fallen woman, the sinner saint who was saved by the most powerful man who ever lived.

You would think that being known thus for eternity would fill me with shame but not so. As a woman who suffered and found it difficult to make her way in a world ordered by corrupt and power seeking men, I understand the pressures which bring women to their knees and leave them n
Hilde Of Whitbyaegiandyad - 22 Feb 2012 17:48:05 (#227 of 377)

Hilde of Whitby (c.614-680) was a pagan at age 13 and became a nun at 33 because her sister, who was queen, trained in a great Paris monastery. Hilde wanted to follow but Aiden called her back to England. Northumbrian Christianity was influenced by Iona and Lindisfarne. Aiden, its most successful bishop, came out of Iona, since the Celtic Church as such did not exist. Hild was sent to Hartlepool where she put the first community of women in order.

It appears to have been a double house, where both sexes lived together but did not necessarily pray together. This concept of the double house was

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Another generalised colour and tone abstract to play with.
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*iadonna Nov 19, 2010
Beautiful... thank you very much!
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*aegiandyad Nov 19, 2010
Thank you for your appreciation. 'Gamma', contrast and colour saturation were turned up by a fair amount and apparent brightness manipulated stepwise. It's amazing how natural it still looks. The real thing was not well lit.
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