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Carlos Castaneda: The Eagle’s Gift (314p.)
All of the world’s knowledge only serves to placate man’s faculty of reason and for the rest doesn’t explain anything, hence why books will always spring up talking about the other dimension, the other side of life. Unlike for instance Paulo Coelho in The Alchemist, Carlos Castaneda does a poor job at selling the other dimension in his The Eagle’s Gift, which lacks a bit in poetry, and in consistency in expounding a vision. The teachings of Don Juan (of which The Eagle’s Gift is the umpteenth installment) don’t appeal to me, even though I’m highly receptive to these matters – a bummer.
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October 7, 2010 at 11:10 am
mo
topped with a touch of halloween. KH, a man who knows his seasons.
October 7, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Hardie
The Nobel Literature 2010 goes to Mario Vargas Llosa. Based upon the two books I read by him (The War of the End of the World & Death in the Andes), deservedly so.
October 8, 2010 at 7:28 am
Hardie
@Mo: One of the things I like about this country (Belgium) is the seasons, the fact that we have them, and them being distinct. Not only are we in fall now, we even are in the ‘oudewuvezomertje’ or the ‘littleoldlady’s summer’, that yearly recurring stretch of a few sudden warmer days at the beginning of October, a great time for singletrack. Mountainbikers and outdoor sportsmen alike: we watch the weather (and the seasons).
October 8, 2010 at 10:02 am
tbd
20 years of Antwerp have eroded my knowledge of Westvlaams: “oudewuvezomertje”…
October 8, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Des
rainspotting
While you are enjoying het oudewuvezomertje Jozi is obsessed by rainspotting. Listeners of radiostations are calling in to herald rain with vehement excitement . Yesterday rain and fascinating lightnings touched the soil of the Highveld again after the traditional 5 dry months of winterseason! The first heat wave is coming up and I’ll have my first splash under the starlight tonight since February.
October 8, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Hardie
Des, the other news here is that after much ‘heralding’ (and urine samples), WT has his driver’s license back!