Archive for February, 2009
The Ninth Configuration
4:09 pm
The idea of an animal, an object or a person being ‘out of place’ will always attract our attention, because such an event is by its very nature unexpected and a departure from the normal order. When this idea is presented as an image, as shown by this poster for William Peter Blatty’s superlative film The Ninth Configuration, the idea becomes more striking and memorable. We may become engrossed by the idea of something or someone being out of place and choose to look into the matter further, or else we may instantly dismiss it as being absurd and unworthy of further consideration, but the existence or absence of accompanying imagery seems to play a pivotal part in the choice we make.
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Franck Goddio Society
6:37 pm“What Is Truth?”
8:30 pm
“What is truth?” is the reply that Pontius Pilate famously gave to Jesus, after Jesus had said that “all who are on the side of truth will listen to my voice.” The nature of truth is something that’s been debated at great length over the years, so I don’t propose to try to add to our sum total of knowledge on the subject.
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The Watkins Review
5:34 pm
I’m extremely honoured to have been asked to write a lengthy feature about The Missing Years of Jesus for the summer 2009 edition of the famous Watkins Review, the quarterly publication produced by the world famous Watkins Bookshop in central London.
Since 1894 or thereabouts, the company logo of Watkins Bookshop has been the Egyptian god Thoth (pictured above), who was thought to be the scribe of the gods, and this notion is reflected by Watkins’ long and fascinating history, as well as by the sheer range and quality of the many books they have available.
I’m looking forward to composing an individual and unique feature for this eminent and respected review, while I intend to post up a great deal more relevant background information on my book here on Eternal Idol between now and and the time of the book’s publication in March.
First of all, I wish to thank Alex Down for taking these wonderful pictures of Stonehenge and for allowing me to post them here on Eternal Idol for all to enjoy. I know from over a decade of personal experience just how bitterly cold it can be at Stonehenge in the winter, so I’m very grateful to Alex for braving the elements and for his generosity.
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William Blake’s “Jerusalem”
2:52 am
The most famous expression of the idea of Jesus visiting Britain as a young man is to be found in the first verse of the song “Jerusalem”, whose words were published in 1808 by William Blake in the form of a short poem entitled “And did those feet in ancient time?” There are those who maintain that Blake had no knowledge of a legend of Jesus visiting Britain, but this is a subject I’ve explored at great length in my book.
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