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Rrrh - should read “ABA Brother.”

Sorry about that. Eyes and iPhones are not always compatible! 😊

posted by Sea_Gypsy on June 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM | link to this | reply

To me, one of the most telling things about this poem is that T. S. found solace and a sense of resolution for this poem in Hindu religious forms, all the while acknowledging how the reader must search for his/her own Holy Grail. Very well told, dear Ana Brother. Excellent. 🙏🌹😀✍️🌅

posted by Sea_Gypsy on June 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM | link to this | reply

Re: F S I, excuse my million typos 🥹

posted by anib on June 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM | link to this | reply

F S I,

That is a very intelligent comment you made on T S Eliot ‘s Thd Waste Land which is precusy tge point He wished  to b ring home, 💌

posted by anib on June 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM | link to this | reply

Sherri G,

Jesus at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross is indeed one of the most sought after Christian symbol os salvation. Also, by tge Arthurian legends.

posted by anib on June 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM | link to this | reply

This is a beautifully rich reflection on The Waste Land — it captures not only Eliot’s literary genius but also the intense spiritual and psychological fragmentation of his age. I appreciate how the analysis brings Tiresias to the forefront as the symbolic center of the poem, bridging myth, time, and human conscience. The dualities in Eliot’s imagery — especially fire and water — underscore how deeply conflicted yet spiritually hungry the post-war world had become. I was especially struck by the parallel drawn to Pilgrim’s Progress — it reframes The Waste Land not just as cultural commentary but as a personal, even salvific, journey through despair toward grace. Thank you for unpacking so much of this poem’s density in such a compelling way.

posted by FormerStudentIntern on June 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM | link to this | reply

I can't imagine a life without some sort of faith, guided or unaided. The Holy Grail, the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper. I have read that it is one of the most sought after Christian relics of all time. 

posted by Sherri_G on June 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM | link to this | reply