Tag Archives: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

joan of arc as my bellona: a strumpet of a pucelle?

Poor Joan of Arc. Her trial and execution were only the beginning in the saga of the fluctuations of Joan’s fame that has run the gamut from anger and awe, skepticism and adoration… Since the Rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, … Continue reading

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bizarre love triangles : black moon rising

Booted out of Paradise? Lilith as the first mistress and well-spring of promiscuity, both real and imagined? There has always been some perplexing inconsistencies in the Old Testament; a kind of lost narrative between the Greek Septuagint, the Dead Sea … Continue reading

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ST. JUDY’S COMET: She Stood a Wreck on Error’s Shore

One seer pronounced her the victim of a deeply religious and spiritual nature perpetually at war with the flesh that overwhelmed it. As D.H. Lawrence said, ” it is hard to hear a new voice, as hard as it is … Continue reading

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TROY AS MYTHOLOGICAL PLOY & APHRODITE AS TOY

”The three goddesses (Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite) asked Zeus to present the apple of discord — a beautiful gold sphere — to the one who deserved the title kallista ‘most beautiful’. I know some of the other gods were surprised … Continue reading

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BERLIOZ: VIBRATIONS OF THE UNEXPLORED DEPTHS

”As a conductor of his own compositions he was incomparable […] His music, frequently rugged in contrasts and daring leaps, is also insinuating and suave at times, and so too was his conducting; one moment he would be high in … Continue reading

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