XPost: soc.history.medieval, alt.psychology.jung, alt.christnet.theology   
   XPost: alt.pagan   
   From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   "David Friedman"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:ddfr-DA1585.14562018092011@news.giganews.com...   
   > In article <4e763d57$0$10604$c83e3ef6@anchorman-read.tele2.net>,   
   > "M Winther"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "David Friedman"  skrev i   
   >> meddelandet   
   >> news:ddfr-10AD1D.14373918092011@news.giganews.com...   
   >> > In article <4e76369d$0$10604$c83e3ef6@anchorman-read.tele2.net>,   
   >> > "M Winther"  wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> "David Friedman"  skrev i   
   >> >> meddelandet   
   >> >> news:ddfr-CAB8D3.10202718092011@news.giganews.com...   
   >> >> > In article   
   >> >> > <4e7576ad$0$10603$c83e3ef6@anchorman-read.tele2.net>,   
   >> >> > "M Winther"  wrote:   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> >> I noted that Yeats, in his poem The Second Coming, composed   
   >> >> >> in   
   >> >> >> 1919,   
   >> >> >> seems to allude to this medieval legend. Yeat's theme is   
   >> >> >> interesting.   
   >> >> >>   
   >> >> >> "Turning and turning in the widening gyre   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > ...   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > What does that have to do with virgins and unicorns?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >>   
   >> >>   
   >> >> In the poem the beast is moving towards Betlehem to be born,   
   >> >> like   
   >> >> the   
   >> >> unicorn once did according to medieval legend.   
   >> >   
   >> > The beast in the poem resembles a sphinx (lion body and the head   
   >> > of   
   >> > a   
   >> > man) and pretty obviously, from the title and "Bethleham," is in   
   >> > some   
   >> > sense Jesus. No connection to virgins, unicorns, or (save   
   >> > indirectly   
   >> > via   
   >> > Jesus) Mary.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> It is the same theme. The unicorn went to Betlehem to be born. The   
   >> sphinx goes to Betlehem to be born at the Second Coming. It is the   
   >> function of the intellect to see connections.   
   >   
   > As I like to say, evolution has equipped humans with superb pattern   
   > recognition software--so good that we can see patterns that aren't   
   > there.   
   >   
      
   No, there are patterns, but it's as if certain brains are equipped   
   with superior processors so that they can make use of this quite   
   complex pattern recognition software. Weaker brains simply can't see   
   the patterns.   
      
   Mats   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)