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The White Goddess book study

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I've just started this book as most of you know, at the advisement of Celestial Dung(I always imagine a beatle with a halo), thanks CD.

After reading the first chapter I find it to be an important and influential book and would like to start a thread as a Book study of sorts.

I have some concerns and questions.at the forefront,:

My first concern is this book rascist or exclusionary as it is refering to a white goddess and european traditions. I brought this up with a learned friend, and he assured me that is wasn't, he stated that african traditions are even wilder. However this does nothing to reassure me.

The foreward grabbed me right away, as I despise most front material in a book. The foreward is wonderful, gives Socrates a hard time for not being more poetic or interested in mythology lol. My favorite part which I'm having a hard time getting past because I like it so much is the Amergin or Celtic calender-alphabet, I meant this sounds like modern rap verse to me, which I find very interesting and possibly a whole thread of thought. I'm curios as to how this functions as a calender or alphabet?

Let's get into the first chapter after a few post I think this enough for now lol

P.S. It directly relates also to one of my most recent pieces of artwork
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I'm interested in seeing how a book discussion does here.
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Hello Janell

have ya read the book yet, do you have an opinion as to wether or not this book is exclusionary, or not..

Do you agree with his premise if I have it correct that poetry is a religous invocation of the muse.

I find this idea attractive however possilby overomanticized. I think that for him to be wrong one would have to always be in control of the muse. Which I know is not possible, and there are meny examples of artist becoming barren artisticaly for a number of years to later find the muse once again.

So hopefully you can see how my uncertainity makes this discussion a intrigueing endeavor to hopefully mine out the gems in this book.

What are your thoughts...?
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I'm not sure that I've read it; I was just showing support for a lit discussion. Sorry.
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No problem thanks

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