Exploring the concept of coincidentia oppositorum, the book delves into how relationships and ideas can transform into their opposites, drawing connections across German Romanticism, Zen Buddhism, and deconstruction. McCort highlights its relevance in understanding diverse cultural expressions, from myths and religions to psychological theories and artistic principles. The work references a wide range of influential figures, including Thomas Merton and Jacques Derrida, providing a rich comparative analysis of Eastern and Western thought.
A modernization of an old and celebrated art fairy tale (Kunstmärchen) by the German Gothic storyteller, E.T.A. Hoffmann. As its title suggests, THE GOLDEN A FAIRY TALE FOR OUR TIME is a modernization of an old and celebrated art fairy tale (Kunstm‰rchen) by the German Gothic storyteller, E.T.A. Hoffmann. It is a comic novel for children of all ages and tells the story of graduate student Anselm MacGregor, as he braves the perils of a spiritual journey from ignorance to enlightenment. The tale is set in the concrete jungle of the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area of today, a most unlikely, yet fascinating, locale for fairytale doings. Young Anselm, a penurious Ph.D. candidate in English literature at Empyrean U., lives on peanut butter sandwiches and is only too happy to take a parttime job transcribing old manuscripts in arcane languages to the computer for John Lindhurst, a local archivist. This becomes his psychospiritual apprenticeship, an ordeal involving him in many treacherous trials, including imprisonment in a glass bottle and the lures of two beautiful women who compete, at times necromantically, for his love. Fiction.
The narrative intertwines the chilling journey of a pedophiliac serial killer, known as "Santa," whose depravity escalates as he travels up the East Coast, with the struggles of the Driscoll family in Syracuse. As they cope with the aftermath of a tragic accident that left Julie quadriplegic, their lives become increasingly intertwined with Santa's dark path. The tension escalates as the two storylines converge, creating a gripping suspense that leads to an inevitable and harrowing confrontation.
