According to numerous psychoanalysts and child psychologists, particularly in the sphere of Transactional Analysis, fairy tales have a hidden structure in terms of characters, narrative, location and events that can be ingeniously unravelled using the so-called “Dynamics of the Drama Triangle”. This consists of three specific roles defined as “Saviour” or rescuer, “Victim” and “Persecutor”Continue reading “The Drama Triangle in Fairy Tales”
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The Terrors and Delights of Childhood Innocence
Although it has already been shown by various mythographers that in simple popular folklore and fairy tales are often found the complex psychological synopsis of many cultural mythologies often simplified and reset to accommodate the requirements of an oral tradition. Needless to say some basic distinctions exist between allegorical myths and popular folktales. Historians assertContinue reading “The Terrors and Delights of Childhood Innocence”
Masonic Ciphers And Symbolism In Shakespeare
A lot has already been ascertained quite recently with regard to the Masonic ciphers and symbolism found within Shakespeare’s plays and poetry (eg: “The Shakespeare Enigma”, by Director of the Globe Theatre, Peter Dawkins). Some academic authors have found anagrams and coded ciphers which support the theory that the pseudonymous “William Shakespeare” was a memberContinue reading “Masonic Ciphers And Symbolism In Shakespeare”
The Elizabethan Festival Cycle
The performance of plays was under the jurisdiction and mindful monitoring of the Lord Chamberlain and the Master of the Revels. No play could be performed publically in the capital or elsewhere without their explicit knowledge and approval. Their role was to censor or remove any seditious or embarrassing material from the text or theContinue reading “The Elizabethan Festival Cycle”
A “Stratfordian Homunculus” Forged And Distilled From Italian Comedy?
It has often been intimated by Shakespeare scholars, dramatists and reviewers that a great number of Shakespeare’s early plays display or contain elements of the Italian street players known as the “Commedia d’el Arte”, who were extremely popular during the early part of the Italian Renaissance between the 15th and 16th centuries. Among the mainContinue reading “A “Stratfordian Homunculus” Forged And Distilled From Italian Comedy?”
The Anonymous & Pseudonymous “Shake-speare”
Key Dates, Characters & Events The following is a historical timeline of dates, characters and significant events taking place in London and elsewhere that had an impact on the theatrical milieu and its relationship to other important events, religious, political and social. The timeline is an attempt to compare the life circumstances of Edward deContinue reading “The Anonymous & Pseudonymous “Shake-speare””
The “Neo-Platonic Magic” of Shakespeare
In her book “The Occult Philosophy of the Elizabethan Age” (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979) the occultist and author, Frances Yates suggests that the works of Shakespeare are derived from the prevailing ideas and concepts of Christian Caballists seeking an evolved and deeper meaning to Biblical teaching. This evolved philosophy was intended to convert MuslimsContinue reading “The “Neo-Platonic Magic” of Shakespeare”
The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy
“He who desires to understand Shakespeare truly must understand the relations in which Shakespeare stood to the Renaissance and the Reformation, to the age of Elizabeth and the age of James; he must be familiar with the history of the struggle for supremacy between the old classical forms and the new spirit of romance, betweenContinue reading “The Shakespeare Authorship Controversy“
The Month of November
November the 5th is traditionally the most popular celebration of the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, supposedly planned and partly executed by the Catholic insurgent Guido Fawkes. Other tenuous influences involve the presentation of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, a dramatic horror story derived from George Buchanan’s “Rerum Scoticarum Historia” (1582) and Matthew Gwynne’s LatinContinue reading “The Month of November“
“Pseudonymous”, A Biography of William Shakspere, Part Two
So since actors, playwrights and artists were notoriously fond of sexual escapades and indiscretions, what do we know about William Shakspere’s own extramarital love life? According to the Stratfordians while travelling with the King’s Men in Oxford a man named William had an affair with a married woman, namely Jane or Jeanette Davenant (?-1622) whoContinue reading ““Pseudonymous”, A Biography of William Shakspere, Part Two”
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