The Effulgence Within

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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Unchristened and the Pagan Nature of Britain in King Lear’s Time

Shakespeare ’s King Lear is founded on a childish incident where an old king decides to give away his kingdom to the child who professes to love him most. And this primitive groundwork is matched by the primitiveness of its people and the world in which they live. Here is a picture of a remote and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 3, 2026

Why Should the Dying Breath of a Good Man be Silent

Just as the dying breath of a good man is silent and imperceptible, so should no violent sorrow show the world how much they loved; thus John Donne wishes in his poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, one of his finest of metaphysical poetries. The mysterious indefinable love for his beloved,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 26, 2026

Busy Old Fool, Unruly Sun, Shine on Us and Thou Art Everywhere

John Donne 's " The Sunne Rising " (published 1633), is one of his classic poems on love's charm, set in the speaker's bedroom. Here, he, in a rhetorical manner, apostrophises, that is, addresses, the sun. Both he and his lover lay in bed presumably after a night of romantic passion, oblivious of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

What does the Forest of Arden teach in As You Like It

Forest of Arden is set over against the envious court ruled by a tyrant. But it is no Elysium. It contains some unsociable characters. Corin's master is churlish, William iis a dolt and Audrey graceless. Its weather is not always sunny: it has a bitter winter. Even to the escapers from the tyranny... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Sanity of Justice and Order Descends Upon Mycenae. (Part VII)

In Aeschylus’ Eumenides, soon after the murder of Clytemnestra by her son Orestes he, plagued by the Furies, seeks sanctuary at the temple Apollo in Delphi. The Pythian high priestess (Pythia is the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivers the oracles of Apollo. Pytho was the mythical older name... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Whose Guilt is More Serious … Orestes’ or Clytemnestra’s, the Furies Pursue

While mourning at Agamemnon’s tomb, Orestes swore to avenge his father’s murder and with his sister Electra, worked out a plan for killing Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. Orestes and his friend Pylades, disguised, appear at the door of the palace and ask to see Clytemnestra. She comes out to greet them.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 20, 2026

Hatred and Vengeance Cut Inroads into Religion. (Part VI)

Excuse my verbosity, it runs to almost 800 words. In Aeschylus’ Eumenides (The transformed Furies) soon after the murder of Clytemnestra by her son Orestes he, plagued by the Furies, seeks aid at the temple Apollo in Delphi. The Pythian high priestess (Pythia is the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 19, 2026

Significance of The ‘Electra - Orestes’Recognition Scene (Part IV)

The Choëphoroe, or Libation-Bearers, is the second play of the trilogy - Agamemnon, Choëphoroe, Eumenides. The first gives the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus, son of Thyestes and his daughter Pelopia (Sidelight: Pelopia had discovered that it was her father who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Clytemnestra’s Revenge of Killing Agamemnon Exacted

The Greek fleet’s expedition of Troy was stopped by the goddess Artemis who caused unfavorable winds and the ship was becalmed at a Greek port town, Aulis. The priest, Calchas suggested sacrifice of Iphigenia, Agamemnon and Clytemnestra’s daughter, to appease the goddess. Thus Clytemnestra wished to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

From the gore of bloodshed to the beginnings of religion

Sam 444 has desired that I give the trilogy my own version. So, here it is a repeat for those who haven’t and revision for others who have. Happy 😊 reading …friends… Aeschylus’ “The Orestia” is a tale of gore, technically a tragedy but it does not end purely in hopelessness, but on an upbeat note.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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