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The BIG BOOK Heritage edition is out and this is the best edition yet.Maria Kvilhaug explores the parables of Old Norse myths, revealing spiritual mysteries and metaphysical speculation at the heart of Old Norse Paganism. The Edda poems were most probably created by Viking Age skalds who knew the art of making metaphorical riddles and how to hide messages behind words. Many poems are veritably incomprehensible without the knowledge it takes to decipher the riddles.When Snorri in the 1220's realized that young people were beginning to lose their understanding of the ancient form of Norse poetry, he wrote his book so that “young students of poetry may decipher that which has been subtly spoken”, adding that knowledge has been “cleverly disguised in runes”.Snorri based his work on old poems almost forgotten at the time, and it was not until 400 years later that an Icelandic family presented a secret leather manuscript that had remained hidden in their family for 500 years, to Bishop Brynjolv Sveinsson in 1643.Why was the manuscript hidden throughout the centuries? What were the real messages behind Old Norse poetry? Are the Norse myths truly just funny stories about gods, trolls and giants, or do they hide some deeper insights?Kvilhaug has researched the archeaology and background to the Edda Poems and Sagas of Northern literature, and historical folk lore data. She has translated the original ancient Norse manuscripts and approaches the Poems as metaphor for traditional ritual and rites of passage in the ancient cultures of Scandinavia. Her insights open up the poems to reveal a whole new world where The tree of life, the red-gold of wisdom and the goddess of death and renewal are central to an almost forgotten way of life.Written in a warm and friendly style, this book is informative, revolutionary and enlightening. It will change the way we view the Poetic Eddas, and perhaps help rebuild an understanding of the pagan past of the Northern peoples. It may even restore a rationalized familiarity with their true Northern god(s) and goddess(es).

“Equating a work of art with a dream: symptom of the repressed.”A dream according to Freud as the ‘royal road to consciousness’, is the product of three agents: a sleeping ego, a repressed id in the unconscious and a censoring superego in the preconscious. A work of art also consists of three elements with theartist as the 'smith' of the unconscious, a definition of three components: the artist; the predicative smith; i.e., the process of construction and the unconscious.Drew analyses Coleridge’s Kublah Kahn, Bronte’s Cathy in Wuthering Heights and a feminist reconstruction of Hamlet using Freud’s psychoanalysis of dream and compares his breakdown of dream with the process of creating art. Investigating psychological links between the protagonists in literature Drew reveals an instinctual life weaving in and around the characters, offering a startling perspective into their behaviour and development, such as the interplay between Heathcliffe and CatherineEarnshaw in Wuthering Heights.Much as Freud’s biologically deterministic theory outrages feminists, it has pushed them to give thought as to what brings about gender differences. Freud is the first thinker in Western philosophy who has grappled with the question why sex differences are reflected in social inequalities. Theories of art and dream abound among art critics and the agents of the occult. Consequently, the meanings, sources and the process of creation in both fields have not found an agreement among the experts. Inspiration is put down as the origin of both. Drew suggests an ‘instinctual life’ as the dream in the text.About the author:Dr RANI DREW (Lit., Phil) has taught in universities in Singapore, China and Hungary. During 1999-2000 she was a lecturerat the University of Pécs in Hungary, where she taught theatre workshops, English literature, psychoanalysis and gender studies. Her plays 'Shakespeare & Me' and the 'The III-Act Hamlet' were performed for Shakespearean Festivals in Romania, and won prizes.The Hungarian translation of the former also won a prize. Her play 'Caliban, a sequel to Shakespeare’s The Tempest' was given areading-performance by the Blue Elephant Theatre, London and Bradford’s Burning, was rehearsed-read at Attic Theatre, Wimbledon.'Eggs for Education', a short play about "top-up" fees, was staged in Cambridge.She has published articles on Freud, women’s writing and post-colonial literature

This dream-like narrative of an Azerbaijani village in crisis is a superbly cynical horror, that will entertain, amuse and chill the reader. A bulldozer driver is ordered to demolish the village cemetary for the building of a through road. He observes the villagers thrown into turmoil as they realize they must relocate their dead to higher ground.In digging up the cemetary they dig up the history of the village and the families that have lived there, revealing the bones of secrets long buried - and some not so long buried. And in fact some not quite yet . . . dead!

A collection of darkly humorous stories that will enchant and surprise. Valkyrie, as the angel of death and exiler of earthly love, leads souls beyond the mists of this realm and into the next. Each character finds themselves gripped in dilemma and must make a choice. There is comedy, tragedy and pure fantasy in a kaleidoscope of tales; but in the end all is made fair under the wing of the Valkyrie. "A compulsive read that left me thinking about the characters lives. I wanted to know what had really happened to the mysterious Sonja." - "Life in the Wall", Real Writers and Book Place 2002 competition.

An exciting new presentation on immigration and integration. Martins examines the journeys of people on the move; individual stories which would otherwise remain invisible or obscure, challenging current theories on migration. Aided by the incisive eye of the camera, a series of interviews present first hand experiences of Brazilian immigrants in London's everyday life and the survival tactics employed by competitive but, ultimately, vulnerable people.

Unforgettable: A journey that crosses Canada toward new hope on one plane, and travels back to Rwanda on another, in a quest for closure. Josefu Mutesa, British born of Ugandan parents, slowly recalls his experiences in Rwanda, 'land of a thousand hills' where he went as a UN official to record and report on the violent events that had just taken place. The magnitude of political treachery and human betrayal causes him to break down and he is removed to Canada where he tries to recover with the help of friends, part owns a bookshop there and leads a quiet life. Now, six years later, He decides to drive across Canada and face his demons. Crossing the prairies accompanied by ghosts that demand their stories be heard, he takes us on a parallel journey between time and place that is both sensitive and harrowing. One that we shall not forget.

Mention witchcraft, and the images conjured up are more often than not still the mediaeval view of broomsticks, black cats, hobgoblins and halloween. Morgana is a Wiccan High Priestess of high repute and has led a Wiccan coven in Holland for 30 years. Her book intends to debunk these views by offering a glimpse beyond the broomstick to the philosophies of the religion. Basically, she says, the Old Religion, or Wicca, is a nature religion, and like nature itself, the religion adapts and grows, yet retains its higher philosophy. Above all, the Old Religion is a mystery religion.