Podcasts Other amimetobios Lit 1, part 11: Invocation to Book 7; Calliope and Orpheus; the Fall

Lit 1, part 11: Invocation to Book 7; Calliope and Orpheus; the Fall

Published: Feb. 15, 2016, 4:54 a.m.

b'The return to earth, the right place for love (as Frost will say). One fall or two: that\'s another way of asking the question of how to think of God. \\xa0Calliope can\'t defend Orpheus because she is an empty dream. \\xa0Orpheus\'s turn to Eurydice as a turn to the fact of mortality: all mortals are empty dreams. Fall of Eve, and of Adam: "And me with thee hath ruined" = first silent thought.'