Thats more of it. Perhaps its the sutle realm archetye, platonic form of THE essence of Grateful Dead Album in my head -- but Jim's description was of that. (Where is Rango when we need him. Or what was the name of that GD devotee on ATM or Jim Cooks list)
Maybe Jim cognized the Divine and it turned out to be the Grateful Dead. I was thinking a bit more towards the gleeful transcendental side of deadism The name "Grateful Dead" was chosen from a dictionary. Some claim it was a Funk & Wagnalls, others, the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book Of the Dead), but according to Phil Lesh, in his biography (pp. 62), "...Jer (Garcia) picked up an old Britannica World Language Dictionary...(and)...In that silvery elf-voice he said to me, 'Hey, man, how about the Grateful Dead?'" The definition there was "A song meant to show a lost soul to the other side." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead#Choosing_a_name (use the zoom function to get the fuller glory ) http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10291295/SP--A/IGID--1047651/The_Grateful_Dead_Collage.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10207003/SP--A/IGID--1292896/Grateful_Dead_40th_Anniversary.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10204319/SP--A/IGID--959216/Grateful_Dead.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10204261/SP--A/IGID--959205/Grateful_Dead.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10204321/SP--A/IGID--959218/Grateful_Dead.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10283771/SP--A/IGID--861387/Stanley_Mouse_Mr_Saturday_Night.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10219495/SP--B/IGID--10219495/The_Closer_or_Da_Morte_Capo_al_Fine).htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10288956/SP--A/IGID--807494/Dead_Family.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2240&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Rainforest-Benefit-Posters_i2036922_.htm http://www.allposters.com/-sp/The-Grateful-Dead-Collage-Posters_i374559_.htm http://media02.liquidblue.com/imagedb/accessories/_Large/87009.jpg http://media02.liquidblue.com/imagedb/accessories/_Large/87019.jpg http://media02.liquidblue.com/imagedb/accessories/_Large/87023.jpg http://www.mousestudios.com/rockart/skulls/5_skulls.htm http://www.mousestudios.com/rockart/skulls/6_skulls.htm http://www.mousestudios.com/rockart/skulls/7_skulls.htm and one for jimi http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--10119953/SP--A/IGID--945959/Jimi_Hendrix.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=2247&ui=A8DDEC124A554D95BA9A6D2F71AF3504 -------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archetype An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object, or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned, or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior. This article is about personality archetypes, as described in literature analysis and the study of the psyche. In the analysis of personality, the term archetype is often broadly used to refer to 1. a stereotypepersonality type observed multiple times, especially an oversimplification of such a type; or 2. an epitomepersonality type exemplified, especially the "greatest" such example. However, in a strict linguistic sense, an archetype is merely a defining example of a personality type. The accepted use of archetype is to refer to a generic version of a personality type. In this sense "mother figure" can be considered an archetype and instances can be found in various female characters with distinct (non-generic) personalities. Archetypes have been present in mythology and literature for hundreds of years. The use of archetypes to analyze personality was advanced by Carl Jung early in the 20th century. The value in using archetypal characters in fiction derives from the fact that a large group of people are able to unconsciously recognize the archetype, and thus the motivations, behind the character's behavior. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonism Platonic realism is a philosophical term usually used to refer to the idea of realism regarding the existence of universals after the Greek philosopher Plato who lived between c. 427c. 347 BC, student of Socrates, and the teacher of Aristotle. Confusingly, this stance is also called Platonic idealism. Plato's own articulation of the realism regarding the existence of universals is expounded in his The Republic and elsewhere, notably in the Phaedo, the Phaedrus, the Meno, and the Parmenides. Universals In Platonic realism, universals do not exist in the way that ordinary physical objects exist, but were originally thought to have a sort of ghostly or heavenly mode of existence. However, more modern versions of the theory do not apply such potentially misleading descriptions to universals. Instead, such versions maintain that it is meaningless (or a category mistake) to apply the categories of space and time to universals. Regardless of their description, Platonic realism holds that universals do exist in a broad, abstract sense, although not at any spatial or temporal distance from people's bodies. Thus, people cannot see or otherwise come into sensory contact with universals, but in order to conceive of universals, one must be able to conceive of these abstract forms. Most modern Platonists avoid the possible ambiguity by never claiming that universals exist, but "merely" that they are. --------------------------- --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > and upon the > > > > throne sat a being of purest gold, draped in pure gold ermine > > > > and velvet, a skull demonic face upon a beautiful skeletal > > > > body, deep gold ribs and pelvis, leering as only a face > > > > stripped of flesh will, with sockets of deep shadow, yet > > > > radiant purest gold. I was slightly afraid and wanted to > > > > look elsewhere and yet at the same time, this > > > > demonic Being was radiating such love and Bliss, > > > > > > That was a Grateful Dead Album cover. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2jdhy8 > > > > U mean that? > > > I was thinkin' more along the lines of these: > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/PCL007BL.GIF > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/g/GD60S.GIF > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/b/BIGALLAH.GIF > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/PHAROAH.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/s/SKELETON.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/o/OMSNUKA.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/P3394.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/P3395.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/t/TAPER.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/P3403.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/p/P3411.JPG > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/t/TERR2.JPG > > > One for the Indiaphiles: > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/o/OCT94COV.GIF > > Personally, I always liked the design for "Cats > Under The Stars": > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/m/M772_S.GIF > > ...and this one, for "Wake Of The Flood": > > http://www.eurodead.net/gallery/w/WAKEOTF.JPG >
