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Mental Health Break

Stones would play inside her head; and where she slept they made her bed. And she would ache for love—and get but stones. La-lah la-lah la-lah la la la Lone! Lordy child! A good day’s coming. And I’ll be there … Continue reading

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Mental Health Break: Neil Diamond Sings “Suzanne”

This song has all the disjunctures and ambiguities of a great poem: I always assumed that Neil Diamond had written the lyrics for the song, but Scarlet Letter tells me it is Leonard Cohen: Suzanne takes you down to her … Continue reading

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Albert Camus in a Neil Diamond Song

Because my dad was a big Neil Diamond fan, I’ve heard this song all my life—and yet missed Albert Camus’ name in the lyrics. I also missed Ramakrishna and Whistler’s mother. This YouTube catches them all: How did I miss … Continue reading

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Shiloh and the Origin of Religion: Neil Diamond Sings to His Imaginary Friend

IS prayer and worship the expression of longing and inner dialogue (directed to a projected self)? And when religion turns fundamentalist, is it because this metaphorical self is LITERALIZED? In short, does fundamentalism mistake the metaphor for something REAL (like a bee trying … Continue reading

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