Publication
Imprint: West Stockbridge, Massachusetts : Lindisfarne Press, 1983. Responsibility: William Irwin Thompson. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 72 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Call number
Myth / Thomp
ISBN
0940262037 / 9780940262034
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: In Blue Jade From the Morning Star Thompson reaffirms his faith in myth as gnosis by retelling in artistic, poetic form the central Mesoamerican myth of Quetzalcoatl. As he writes in his introduction; "The myth of Quetzalcoatl is essentially a story of the conflict between body and soul, matter and spirit, earth and sun, civilization and savagery; and that is why is speaks so profoundly to our age . . . the myth of Quetzalcoatl is not once upon a time, but very much upon this time, for the fall of civilizations does not stop with us . . . poetry is the place where myth and history meet." -- from inside jacket
Table of Contents: Introduction: the flight of the serpent
The ancient texts
The age of gods: Tamoanchan
The age of heroes: Teotihuacan
The age of men: Tula
The theme in variation
Topiltzin's address at Xochicolco
Meditation on Mount Nonohualca
Morning in Tula
Quetzalpetlatl
Location: COLLECTION: Ancient & Primal Religions -- SECTION: Myth & Mythology / Filing name: Thompson
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
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Table of Contents: Introduction: the flight of the serpent
The ancient texts
The age of gods: Tamoanchan
The age of heroes: Teotihuacan
The age of men: Tula
The theme in variation
Topiltzin's address at Xochicolco
Meditation on Mount Nonohualca
Morning in Tula
Quetzalpetlatl
Location: COLLECTION: Ancient & Primal Religions -- SECTION: Myth & Mythology / Filing name: Thompson
Topics: In TinyCat -- See "Tags" above for our libraries topic areas. See "Subjects" below for LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) (note you can tour our library via Tags or LCSH, but LCHS are not available for all items in our holdings).
FYxxxx / FY2015 /
Physical description
72 p.; 23 cm
Description
This beautiful little book, like Carlos Castaneda's works, shines new light into the mythical and poetic content of the collective unconscious.
Language
Original language
English