A Community of Ideas A Compendium of Ideas and Inspirations Discovered While Creating the Play Notes from the Playwright and Director The Myth used as the skeleton to build Eye on is the Pelasgian Creation Myth. The Pelasgians were "people living in the region of the Agean Sea before the coming of the Greeks. Now, this from Robert Graves..."The earth-born Pelasgians, whose claim seems to have been that they sprang from Oprhion's teeth, were originally perhaps the Neolithic 'Painted Ware' people." It is believed that they later adopted the name Danaans. The Danaans are considered the "first Europeans"...thus the Danube River, etc. I've always been intrigued that I grew up fascinated by, and we live near the Dan river. Dan or Don being the masculine form of Danu or Dana...the Goddess and God of many European myths. In fact, I read that the Dan River was thus named because the man, whose name I can't remember, believed that he had found the land of one of the lost tribes of Israel...the Dans. Fun, cool? I love that they were the Painted Wear people...now they are the painted wear folks....Anyway, I'm insane, that's a given...after all, I am a Craftsman of Dionysus...what'd you expect? — Aubrey In "A Passion for the Possible," Jean Houston writes, "We think of the eyes as windows to the soul. This quality of translucence has always linked the eyes to spiritual reality. In some faiths, deep seeing is a kind of worship. Hindu devotees are constantly traveling across India seeking a spiritual charge in the visual communication called darshan, in which the teacher beholds the student with a silent, penetrating gaze." — Aubrey Leaving the place of the heart, you travel further into the Rose, drawn to what appears to be the image of a great open eye. "The Open eye," the Friend tells you, "is always associated with awakening. Just as the physical eye is the extension of the brain, so the spiritual eye, often imagined as being in the center of the forehead, is seen as a symbol of spiritual vision. "In the process of awakening, the physical eye and the inner, spiritual eye become one. This union of inner and outer vision is what Christ meant when he said, "If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." The blessing continue. Thank you all so much for sharing your many gifts, for your friendship, kindness, and love. I love the ONE that is in everything...but I revel in it when I am connected with all of you. Know, that you are loved. — Aubrey FInished "A Passion for the Possible." And, am now reading "The Search for the Beloved." Wanted to share something I read this morning...This takes place in the healing Temple of Asclepois, where people go to dream and be healed. "You are anxious to reach the statue [of Ascleopis] whose outstretched hand seems to beckon you to healing and the resolution of misery. You step forward and soon hear a dry slithering sound, and squinting your eyes in the incense-wreathed twilight, you make out the coiling shapes of many snakes who circle the statue of the god. You feed these sacred snakes with honey cakes to divert their attention and to divert your own fears as well. Now an ally of the snake world, the world of healing energies of earth, you reach the statue and touch the god's fingers with an outstretched hand, You then bring your head in contact with the ivory hand, and then your heart, and then your lips. A peace that is almost certainty, that is almost communion, fills your body and succors your spirit as you touch and are touched by the god." Love the idea of the serpents as healing energies of earth. That's the whole idea of the Serpent in the play. The co-creater and healer...the wave of unlimited possibility. — Aubrey All the material on wounding, betrayal, and what this time and specifically the Psyche & Eros myth says to us today is rich. I haven't had a chance to send the rewrites. They are minor as far as changes but really impact the meaning. In the original myth Eros and Psyche are accidentally prick by Ero's arrow. In Eye, it's a choice. They consciously chooses the self wounding...to hurt...to love...to grow...that's the message for the New Age. Loving isn't always easy...it requires living consciously, and being aware of how, when, and where, we get caught up in the old ways and continue accidently hurting others and ourselves. Most of this is all symbolic and done on stage, never said out right. But, that's what's implied. It's part of what makes the Myth more modern and right for time. Also, I've played up a bit more the idea of Titania not liking the fact that Psyche is being seen and even more importantly seeing herself as Divine. It adds depth to the character, and when whe chooses to become the instrument of change for both Eros and Psyche...through the temptation and betrayal...it leads her to change. The more characters who change the better the theme of the play gets through. Again, all this is done in a line or two and not preached or beat to death. It's about trusting the power of the archetypes of the myth. — Aubrey Hi all, Jean Houston talks about meeting Teilhard de Chardin and quotes him in Search for the Beloved writing, "Consider the prodigious physical and evolutionary studies of Teilhard de Chardin, which conclude that love is the underlying movement and pattern of the universe: atoms calling each other in search of union so that they begin to constellate and form molecules; molecules in resonance yearning for the Beloved of the next stage so that they can form more complex systems; these systems yearning to form bodies; bodies attuning until they find their partner and produce more bodies with more complexities." It goes on, but you get the idea. I went on the web last night and read lots of his writings and info about him. Wow! It really captures of a lot of what we're attempting with this play. — Aubrey