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It’s been forever. I’ll update soon enough!

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Have you noticed the importance of narrators in the Odyssey?

If someone reads the Odyssey we notice there are many characters that narrate a story.

We firstly have Phemius, the self-taught singer who sings against his will for the suitors the tales of the heroes of the Trojan War especially their fate after the war

Second we have Nestor, Helen and Menelaus that focus on Odysseus in particular or the events that surrounded him

Then we have Demodocus the blind singer of the Phaeakes who sings the events of the Trojan War

Last but not least Odysseus himself who tells us his own story the infamous Odyssey

All the narrators or storytellers cause something to happen or emotions to their audience. For example Phemius causes Penelope to come down, for us to see and hear her. Helen Menelaus and Nestor introduce us to our hero. Demodocus is causing the reaction of Odysseus that reveals him to his audience and forces him to tell his story. However something differentiates Odysseus from the other narrators within the Odyssey

Odysseus tells his own story

And that shows to his narrative. Odysseus is not just aligning some facts or information he knows. He is telling his own story: traumatic events that happened to him, memories that scarred him, memories that seem pleasing to him...and that shows to "inconsistencies" to his narrative

He speaks positively or negatively in several places showing the ups and downs of his mood as he speaks

Some parts of his narrative he slides over (see for example Ismarus) as if he doesn't want to talk about it or elaborate and extends other parts (see Polyphemus)

Sometimes he speaks positively of himself or his men and at others he berates them depending on how the events of his narration go

Oftentimes he stops to breathe and the Phaeakes encourage him to go on and he does collecting his thoughts

At times he inserts some small information to the story while others he omits it

And the emotions show

He starts by speaking about his homeland. He is nostalgic, positive, dreamlike even

He becomes dryer as we get to the events of the trip

He sometimes needs to stop and collect himself

He is encouraged to speak which means he hesitates

He stops sometimes to possibly enjoy the praise he receives

He waits for people to stop talking or ask him questions and assist his narrative

Homer didn't just give us a flashback story of someone speaking in first person. HE GAVE US A LIVE NARRATION a narrator who appears to speak in real time with all the "flaws" of the conversations such as the fact not all events are given the same severity, the pauses and all.

I believe this is a massive reason why the Odyssey is being retold and loved. Because imagine how lively it was in antiquity to have your narrator pause and speak and think instead of directly singing the whole thing like someone else telling it but instead we see Odysseus live being affected by the emotions of his own narration and adding or omitting details. We can almost imagine him tearing up or being angry or sad or happy or relieved as he speaks!

HOMER YOU WERE A FUCKING GENIUS!

Thank you @annoyedbreadstick for the inspiration for this!

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I'm Back! Under a New Name Too!

93s and hello all!

It’s been forever, I know, and I had a lot of healing to get myself through in order to reach this good place in time. A lot has changed over the past couple years especially, and one of the biggest updates focuses on how I’m enjoying life in Canada and I’m now married. Yup, I’m a wife! With that said, my old magickal name that lots of you got to know me as, Sy Calaelen, was a…

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Important Update

Click the link for the main update, including a brief mention of my first published work with a good friend of mine.

Link: https://harlequinsnook.wordpress.com/2019/05/23/watch-this-space-new-book-update/

As for the main YouTube channel for this site, I’m finally getting back into the swing of things so I’ll be uploading content again, like the old days, in the coming months. I’ve had to undergo…

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Revamped Author tumblr

It’s been a very long time since I posted anything personal on this particular blog, and things have changed and developed a lot during that time. As of two days ago I’m now an author of a coauthored collection of essays on mental health wellbeing and occult spirituality and I’m excited for thoughts on what we both wrote.

So I’m revamping my tumblr, slowly at first, to focus entirely on beautiful images, novel aesthetics I’ve created or found, and lots of random things I’ll come across in the vast writing community.

Peace out, loves ✌🏾

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📖 https://amzn.to/2ITlblh - OUR BOOK!

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Elysian- (adj.) beautiful or creative; divinely inspired; peaceful and perfect.

Destinesia- (n.) when you get to where you were intending to go, but you forget why you were going there in the first place.

Alexithymia- (n.) an inability to describe emotions in a verbal manner.

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New Mala from Meditation Stations | Review

I recently bought a really cute and very practical travel altar. I’ve made my own travel collections in the past for myself, which are merely spiritual items I put in a drawstring bag and carried with me. Over time I would swap the items out depending on what I wanted to manifest and carry. Eventually that lead to not carrying anything at all, even my cards which I carried daily until early 2017.…

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Life Update 2018 + The Parable of the Raft

Life Update 2018 + The Parable of the Raft

I know I keep putting up the odd update here and there, but it’s purely to let you folks know that I’m still around and what’s been happening. From my last post I briefly explained that I had disappeared due to a police case, and that I was living through some hard times. Since then things went from bad to worse and it felt like I had been cursed somehow. However, in the last couple of weeks…

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6 of Earth (pentacles) - exactly how I’ve felt for the longest time. I’m in the woods about a lot of things right now, and almost awake enough to see the path I’m supposed to eventually take. Just not yet. I’m hiding in he comfort of the trees, but hate the darkness that surrounds me. I’ll just have to stay focused on what’s to come next and eventually step into the clearing. Tea: Lemon and ginger loose leaves from Whittard of Chelsea. Pillbox from Etsy. #Tarot #MorningTea #Baphomet #asabovesobelow #thelema #occult #spiritualgrowth #spiritualthoughts #tarotcards #tarotthoughts #lifechanges

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I like rereading the sacred texts often to see if anything new comes to mind. Last few days I have been reimagining and thinking about Liber Libræ in an even more down below/practical sense. 🖤 #occult #hermeticism #magick #thelema #boulema #philosophy #metaphysical #pagan #wicca #witch

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Third Day of the Writing of the #BookOfTheLaw 🖤🍷🖤 #thelema #thelemite #witchesofinstagram #pagan #occult #holyday

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Meditation on Green Tara. #greentara #buddhism #meditation #mantra #spiritual #spirituality

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5 month plan for a refresh. I took the cards from the #AsBelow deck by #LoScarabeo #Tarot as it focuses on the realistic and material world, our world. It’s a deck I don’t use often as I feel it’s a very special deck (partnered with the #AsAbove deck), and I usually pull it out to study or for very emotional and spiritual workings. But since things have turned rather sour for me in the last couple of years, I’ve needed to draw out a reading to refocus on the last five months of the year. This is just the psychological plan to get me back on track, and I am looking forward to it. Pretty neat cards too! What do you folks get from this pull? #magick #tarot #occult #pagan #spiritual #getbetter #depression #refresh #restart #thefool