Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... condition that is represented most dramatically by death itself , which according to the Edenic myth was introduced into the human condition only at the time of humanity's fall from grace and in part through the agency of " the serpent ...
... condition that is represented most dramatically by death itself , which according to the Edenic myth was introduced into the human condition only at the time of humanity's fall from grace and in part through the agency of " the serpent ...
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... conditions of the transformation stay intact , so that immortality itself is linked inexorably to the dark conditions it produces in the individual . And the condition of immortality definitely produces alienation from the individual's ...
... conditions of the transformation stay intact , so that immortality itself is linked inexorably to the dark conditions it produces in the individual . And the condition of immortality definitely produces alienation from the individual's ...
Page 80
... conditions of the transformation stay intact , so that immortality itself is linked inexorably to the dark conditions it produces in the individual . And the condition of immortality definitely produces alienation from the individual's ...
... conditions of the transformation stay intact , so that immortality itself is linked inexorably to the dark conditions it produces in the individual . And the condition of immortality definitely produces alienation from the individual's ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
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