Friday March 23

The Bacchae continued...

Adonis: another person better to be a 'vernerable Elvis' than Apollo, he also died young

"Live fast, love hard, die young"

The Gardens of Adonis

the most erotic thing that a man and woman can do together after being apart from eachother for a long time, is to tell eachother stories

mint: come from Minthe, who was a woman changed into a plant

lilacs: they only come for a little while, and then leave, which is part of their magic

this is also a theme in tragedy, they bloom early, and die young

Tiresias is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he is in every story, and is always there when needed, even if no one wants his advice

the bacchantes worship Demeter (the goddess of grain or bread) and Dionysus (the god of wine)

these are the two things necessary for communion, wine and bread, the blood and the body of Christ

to fully do communion you must ingest the body and blood of Christ, which is something I never thought about literally until now. I have always taken communion as an act to remember the sacrifice the Jesus made for me on the cross, and never thought of it literally, but thanks to Dr. Sexson, I will really have to concentrate on looking at it symbolically, rather than literally.

Wild thing:

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything

Come on, wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me

But I gotta know for sure

Come on and hold me tight

Oh you move me

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything

Come on, wild thing

Wild thing, I think I need you

But I gotta know for sure

Come on and squeeze me tight

Oh I need it

Wild thing

You make my heart sing

You make everything

Come on, wild thing

Evius= Elvis

Cowboy Elvis

anagnorisis: recognition by the person in the play who has been ignorant