Mythologie et Philosophie

The Mythology of Supernatural  The signs and Symbols Behind the popular TV Show   Ecrit par : Nathan Robert Brown Publié par : Berkley Trade Sorti le : 02 août 2011

Ce livre très complet écrit par un professeur de mythologie revient sur les légendes et religions explorées par la série. Que ce soit le mythe de Lilith en relation avec la Lilith de la série ou les origines du sel comme protection,tout est décortiqué et accompagné de citations sorties du show.

Ce livre est un indispensable pour ceux qui veulent en savoir plus sur les démons et autres créatures et leurs origines dans le folklore.

 

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Introduction

THE WINCHESTER ARSENAL

   - Salt : It'll kill ya (or at least it'll hurt like Hell)
   - Goofer Dust
   - Heavy Metal : Iron
   - Holy Water
   - Holy Oil
   - Palo Santo
   - "Got Wood?" : Evergreen stakes
   - The Colt : a History of enchanted weaponry
   - EMF Readers
   - Lemegeton : The lesser Key of Solomon
   - "The knife" and the Key of Solomon
   - Mojo Bags
   - Devil's Shoestring

SIGNS, VISIONS, SEALS, AND SIGILS

   - Prophets
   - Chuck and the Prophet Scribe Enoch
   - Tiresias : the Blind Seer
   - Moses of the Israelites
   - Sigils and Seals
   - The Key of Solomon
   - Enochian Warding Magic

A CRASH COURSE IN DEMONOLOGY

   - Demons of Old
   - Zoroaster's Demons : Daevas
   - Rakshasas
   - Dreams and Nightmares : Djinn
   - The Truth about Samhain
   - Lucifer
   - Demons and Fallen Angels
   - A Fiddle of Gold against your Soul
   - Crowley : King of the Crossroads
   - Azazel : The Yellow-Eyed Demon
   - Azazel's "Special Children"
   - Picasso with a Razor : Alastair
   - Hellhounds
   - Creepy Kids : the Acheri

ANGELS... THEY SMITE FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER

   - Angelic Orders
   - Castiel : Angel of Solitude
   - The Seven Archangels : "Heaven's Badasses"
   - Michael : Heaven's Official "Lucifer Butt Kicker"
   - Uriel : Heavenly Hit Man
   - Zachariah : Heaven's "Douche-Nozzle"
   - Gabriel : in Angel Witness Protection
   - Raphael : Healer and Destroyer
   - Anna Milton : Raguel or Remiel?
   - "Cupid" and the Cherubim
   - When Angels go Bad

LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL

   - Heaven above, Hell below
   - Hell according to Dante
   - The Sacrifice Paradox
   - Where the Hell is Hell, Anyway?

BEYOND THE GATES OF HEAVEN

   - Stairways to Heaven
   - My Blue Heaven
   - Who goes up?
   - Joshua the Branch and Heaven's Garden

DEMONIC POSSESSIONS AND EXORCISMS

   - Demonic Possession
   - Protection against the Demonic
   - The Saint Benedict Exorcism
   - Supernatural and the Rituale Romanum of Exorcism
   - Demons suck at Math

LILITH IS ONE SCARY BITCH

   - Ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian Lilith Depictions
   - The Expulsion of Lilith
   - Other Faces of Lilith
   - Lilith of Eden
   - Lilith the Baby Eater
   - Lilith the Demon Queen

ANCIENT ORIGINS OF A FUTURE APOCALYPSE

   - The Battle between Good and Evil : Ahura Mazda Versus Angra Mainyu
   - The Hammer of the Pre-Christian Gods
   - The Elysian Fields
   - Mercury : Concierge of Elysian Fields
   - Ragnarök : the Pre-Christian Apocalypse of Northern Europe
   - Odin : Norse God of... Well... Just about Everything
   - Loki (aka Gabriel : part 2)
   - Baldur's Death and Ragnarök
   - The Kali Yuga of Hindu Dharma
   - Kali : the Dark One
   - Ganesh : "Full-On Babar"
   - Zao Chen and the World Turtle
   - Baron Samedi : Hoodoo-Voodoo Lord of Death

THE WINCHESTER GOSPEL - SUPENATURAL AS A MYTH

   - The Feuding Brothers Archetype
   - Founders of Rome : Romulus and Remus
   - Feuding Gods of Egypt : Set and Osiris
   - The Fall of the Sons of Adam : Cain and Abel
   - Angelic Vessels : Blood of the Nephilim
   - As it is in Heaven, so Must it be on Earth
   - Fathers, Gods, and Other Daddy Issues
   - Lazarus Rising : the Mythology of Resurrection
   - Bobby Singer : Modern-Day Merlin

ARMAGEDON IT!

   - The Apocalyptic Revelation of Saint John
   - 66 Seals Versus Seven Seals
   - The Four Horsemen
   - The White Horseman : the Conqueror
   - The Red Horseman : War
   - The Black Horseman : Famine
   - The Pale Horseman : Death
   - The Seven "Bad News" Trumpets
   - The Rising of the Witnesses
   - What About Croatoan
   - A Child of Doom
   - Lucifer's Cage and the Grand Millenium

Conclusion

Supernatural and Philosophy Metaphysics and Monsters... for Idjits   Ecrit par : John Edgar Browning Publié par : Wiley-Blackwell Sorti le : 03 septembre 2013

Ce livre se penche sur les questions métaphysiques et philosophiques que le show posent, avec pour guide Ed et Harry, les ghostfacers. Est-ce que les monstres peuvent avoir une moral ? Quelle est l'intérêt de l'Enfer ? Etc...

Ce livre est pour ceux qui aiment se poser des questions et chercher au delà de ce que l'on voit aux premiers abords.

 

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Introduction : Codename GhostPhacers

PART 1 : OF MONSTERS AND MORALS

Are Monsters Members of the Moral Community?
   - Moral Community? Is that like a coven?
   - Monsters and the Moral Community : Low-functioning Monsters
   - Monsters and the Moral Community : Antisocial Monsters
   - Monsters and the Moral Community : The Moral Monsters
   - Good Guys?

Aristotle's Metaphysics of Monsters and Why We Love Supernatural
   - Moving backward to move forward
   - Sam I am
   - A Monster by another name
   - Out with the old
   - The Monster at the end of this chapter

Hunters, Warriors, Monsters
   - Eat it, Twilight!
   - The sanctity of Life and all that crap
   - Nobody kill any virgins!
   - There's an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there?
   - We're not just hunting anymore : we're at war!
   - I might be a freak, but that's not the same as dangerous

Team Free Will
   - The Family business
   - Free Will and bad faith
   - Family matters in moral responsibility
   - How free can a will be and still be free?
   - Moral responsibility and anguish
   - Go team!

PART 2 : LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE APOCALYPSE

What the Hell is Going On?
   - The road to Hell
   - I saw Hellraiser, I get the gist
   - Who the hell do you think you are?
   - The hell with you
   - Hell in a hand basket
   - Not a chance in Hell
   - What the Hell?

Try Hell, It's a Democracy and the Weather is Warm
   - The Angels are coming, the Angels are coming
   - For thine  is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory
   - Absolute power
   - Escaping the state of war : or why God makes a lousy king
   - Hell is a democracy
   - The leviathan
   - Crowley for President!

Hunting the American Dream
   - The Spectre of Marx and Supernatural capitalism
   - Why it's a terrible life
   - The Devid you now know
   - Can you handle the Truth?

Mothers, Lovers, and Other Monsters
   - Kant and objectification
   - The Winchesters and women
   - The warrior mother
   - Lovers, utilitarianism, and the mission
   - Sam and Dean self-esteem
   - But Sam and Dean are so pretty
   - The conduct of War
   - And other monsters
   - No rest for the wicked

Night of the Living Dead Demons and a Life Worth Living
   - A night to remember
   - When is a whoice not a choice?
   - All's well the ends well
   - Dénouement : teaching a dead dog, new tricks

PART 3 : EVIL BY DESIGN

Dean Winchester and the Supernatural Problem of Evil
   - God's not withus, not anymore
   - I got to believe that I can choose what I do with my unimportant little life
   - A theory with a little less fairy dust
   - Just random horrible Evil
   - No, he's not on any flatbread
   - Please give me a chance...

Angels and Atheists
   - Good God y'all
   - Clap your hands if you believe
   - In the beginning...
   - Wishful thinking
   - Are you there, God? It's me, Dean Winchester
   - Out with the old

Oh God, You Devil
   - Ruby's lesson
   - Forgetting what you are
   - Love and redemption and every damn demon

PART 4 : IT'S SUPERNATURAL

Naturally Supernatural
   - Fiction, myth, and weirdness
   - Isn't this what dictionaries are for?
   - Small comforts from the causal nexus
   - Getting literally too literal
   - Being two with nature
   - A science of the Supernatural

Masculinity and Supernatural Love
   - The warrior
   - The sovereign
   - Cosmic battle of ideals
   - The dirty word in Supernatural, the L-word
   - Supernatural and femininity : less than admiration
   - Erotically co-dependent?
   - The paradox of love in Supernatural

Naturalizing Supernatural
   - What do a naturalist and a Supernaturalist have in common?
   - The war in Heaven and naturally averting God's plan
   - The Soul : Supernatural genetic code
   - Naturally all part of the Plan