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“Northern Lights”, (“His Dark Materials”) by Philip Pullman – The Liberty of Thinking 2

2. On Mind Tricks, Lyra's Oxford, Northern lights, Daemons and Dust "The trick [...] is not minding that it hurts." David Lean’s "Lawrence of Arabia" I must confess I haven't seen this movie, "Lawrence of Arabia"... The quote caught me from within Ridley Scott's "Prometheus", and wrote it down -as soon as I could- on … Continue reading “Northern Lights”, (“His Dark Materials”) by Philip Pullman – The Liberty of Thinking 2

Philip Pullman, “His Dark Materials”, “The Golden Compass” – The Liberty of Thinking 1

1. Introduction "his Dark Materials", would have been my original title's twist on Pullman's own naming for this centuries changing, monumental trilogy. It's always rather complicated to explain emotionally driven decisions in a world where "law" has become a pathetic replacement of politically correct mathematics, yet the twist is something imposed by our deliberate reduction … Continue reading Philip Pullman, “His Dark Materials”, “The Golden Compass” – The Liberty of Thinking 1