yes, it was an aside rather than an extensio (Sherry's Latin term for
"tasis"), but yes, Ficino is certainly relevant to the preoccupation with
dream in the sixteenth century. A couple of chapters in the volume on
rhetoric and dream explore his treatments of the Orpheus myth, ideas on
male-male eroticism, ndd polyphonic music in the laste sixteenth-century
(not contemporary rock culture)
Shirley Sharon-Zisser
tAt 13:35 19/10/00 +1300, you wrote:
>Stroking the notion of 'divine frenzy', Andy observed: 'Cornelius was
>explicit about what Ficino actually did. We know that music, images,
>poetry, (not to mention fumigations and coloured lights) all have an
>effect - that's why we do them. Bring them all together and the effects can
>be great. Add to that a willing, and intellectually prepared, subject and
>the effects could be even greater.'
>
>While this seems to me an aside rather than a development of Shirley's
>original post, it is an aside I'd like to amplify because we can trace a
>thread from here to contemporary popular culture as exemplified by the rock
>concert and the dance party.
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