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The Key to Preserving History

Nov 14, 2009 06:19

Title: The Key to Preserving History
Author: Pamela MacLean ( ( Read more... )

Comments 8

little_grey_owl November 15 2009, 17:52:20 UTC

I love the image of the dust covered library and the fact that dust is seen to protect history! And of course, it makes me interested in the significance of the number nine.

aurumsisters November 15 2009, 21:14:52 UTC

Thanks. I'm not quite sure how the dust got into this bit - it wasn't intentional, but I just loved how it ended up working that I kept it and decided to make it the "key" of this bit. =)

Nine plays a huge significance in the entire story and would probably take a post in itself to fully explain it.

pauljoy November 16 2009, 00:43:50 UTC

Just wondering, is the dad feeling as awkward as the daughter? With his speech, he seems like more of a historian, rather than a father. Great descriptionns, though.

aurumsisters November 16 2009, 04:47:05 UTC

(It's actually a male narrator...that doesn't come across well in this piece.) In many ways he is more of a historian. I perhaps should have preluded this piece with a brief background. =)

Thanks for reading!!

cedarwolfsinger November 17 2009, 04:44:00 UTC

Nine is very sacred in several traditions (Celtic and Norse, I can think of off the top of my head). The dust protecting history is interesting. This certainly makes me interested to see your completed novel.

aurumsisters November 17 2009, 05:06:42 UTC

Thank you. It is very sacred in many traditions. This particular novel uses the enneagram as a symbol. It has been quite enjoyable to write, though I can already tell the novel is going to need multitudes of revisions. =)

Love your icon!

cedarwolfsinger November 17 2009, 05:30:05 UTC

Thanks (about the icon!). Hwango made it for me... -- Thank you, Hwango, if you ever read this!

The two cultures I am most familiar with the use of 9 is the Celts and the Norse. The Celts built all their wisdom on triads -- and 9 is, of course, a triad of triads -- perfection of wisdom. (The nine waves blessing for a child comes to mind...) In Norse mythology, nine is the number of days Odin All-Father hung from the World Tree to gain the wisdom of the runes -- a sacrifice of myself to myself, as it is written. That's what I know...

writings_by_pam November 26 2009, 22:29:52 UTC

Nine is quite the powerful number...especially when you think of it as a triad of triads. :-)