After researching Yamabushis the question rises how do we bring together warrior monks and woman? Suggestion: Rene is tought as a man and Algonquin gets secret teaching by Rene - once the Sensei and Rene are to depart on their mission to recover the secret ninja book Algonquin gets introduced to the Sensei who tells her she has to pass a test if she wants to join - Algonquin passes the test being impossible to pass under normal circumstances (e.g. the sensei shoots a pea in the air with an arch and Algonquin is supposed to catch it - a bird eats the pea and Algonquin shoots down the bird)....
Let me know how you would like to solve the issue Woman and Yamabushis?
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Who is who?
It would be helpful if we could define the characters by assimilating them with figures in Chateaubriands works.
Suggestion:
Algonquin is alike Chactas in Atala and
Rene(e) is alike Rene in René by Chateaubriand
Please comment what you think?
Suggestion:
Algonquin is alike Chactas in Atala and
Rene(e) is alike Rene in René by Chateaubriand
Please comment what you think?
First Scenes??
Wondering about the first scene - where does the movie starts?
Suggestion I:
The movie starts in Japan. In retrospect the life of Renee before coming to japan is shown.
Suggestion II: Renee should be a man or Algonquin is a man so that we have a couple which could potentionaly become a romantic relationship but will not end in Love due to the different believes they have and do not share?
Suggestion I:
The movie starts in Japan. In retrospect the life of Renee before coming to japan is shown.
Suggestion II: Renee should be a man or Algonquin is a man so that we have a couple which could potentionaly become a romantic relationship but will not end in Love due to the different believes they have and do not share?
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Renounciation of the pursuit of happiness
The great fault of men is to forget, during their dream of happiness, that infirmity of nature, Death. Nature must have an end, it must dissolve. Love does not extend its empire over the worms of the coffin; the combats of passions and virtues in a simple heart; the triumph of Christianity over a passion the most ungovernable, and a fear the most terrible; love, and death.
See comment - love in fact is eternal - only lust which is not love - eros - is subject to time!
See comment - love in fact is eternal - only lust which is not love - eros - is subject to time!
Algonquin
Algonquin is shipwrecked off Japan from a Boston whaling ship, where her father was working as harpoon bearer to the whale hunters.
Pilgrim's Progress
SHUGENJA is the spiritual journey of Algonquin; from Fallen Angels to False Prophets, searching of the soul as in Commedia Divina; liberation of man from his alienation, and redemption and trial through fire; Lost-straying from the straight path: the Seeker of the straight path, the Seeker of lost souls; pristine atonement, redemption through unity with nature; deep malaise of the soul. To give up happiness, renounciation...
SHUGENJA is the spiritual journey of Algonquin; from Fallen Angels to False Prophets, searching of the soul as in Commedia Divina; liberation of man from his alienation, and redemption and trial through fire; Lost-straying from the straight path: the Seeker of the straight path, the Seeker of lost souls; pristine atonement, redemption through unity with nature; deep malaise of the soul. To give up happiness, renounciation...
SHUGENJA is the spiritual journey of Algonquin; from Fallen Angels to False Prophets, searching of the soul as in Commedia Divina; liberation of man from his alienation, and redemption and trial through fire; Lost-straying from the straight path: the Seeker of the straight path, the Seeker of lost souls; pristine atonement, redemption through unity with nature; deep malaise of the soul. To give up happiness, renounciation...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Shugenja in Wiki
Shugenja were the 7th century practitioners of the Japanese religion of Shugendo. They were sometimes known as yamabushi, often mistakenly rendered as "mountain warriors", "warrior priests", "bandit monks", etc. Warrior priests are correctly termed Sohei.
Legend of the Five Rings
In the Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game, shugenja are magic-users, similar to wizards. Their spells are given power by the five different varieties of kami that can be found in Rokugan. Their magic is referred to as Elemental Magic, as opposed to Bloodspeakers who use Blood Magic. In the role-playing game, being a shugenja is one of the main alternatives in character creation (the others are to become a bushi or warrior, or to become a courtier or politician). Shugenja in L5R are considered priests more than "wizards."
Dungeons & Dragons
A version of this class (also called shugenja) was incorporated into Dungeons & Dragons in the third edition Oriental Adventures sourcebook, and revised in the 3.5 edition sourcebook Complete Divine.
Bushido
In Bushido (role-playing game), a role-playing game published in 1981 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, Shugenja are portrayed as wizards. Bushido was the first role-playing game to portray Shugenja at all and it can be assumed that portrayal of Shugenja in role-playing games is initially influenced by their portrayal in Bushido just as it might be stated that role-playing games with character classes are initially influenced by Dungeons and Dragons.
Legend of the Five Rings
In the Legend of the Five Rings collectible card game, shugenja are magic-users, similar to wizards. Their spells are given power by the five different varieties of kami that can be found in Rokugan. Their magic is referred to as Elemental Magic, as opposed to Bloodspeakers who use Blood Magic. In the role-playing game, being a shugenja is one of the main alternatives in character creation (the others are to become a bushi or warrior, or to become a courtier or politician). Shugenja in L5R are considered priests more than "wizards."
Dungeons & Dragons
A version of this class (also called shugenja) was incorporated into Dungeons & Dragons in the third edition Oriental Adventures sourcebook, and revised in the 3.5 edition sourcebook Complete Divine.
Bushido
In Bushido (role-playing game), a role-playing game published in 1981 by Fantasy Games Unlimited, Shugenja are portrayed as wizards. Bushido was the first role-playing game to portray Shugenja at all and it can be assumed that portrayal of Shugenja in role-playing games is initially influenced by their portrayal in Bushido just as it might be stated that role-playing games with character classes are initially influenced by Dungeons and Dragons.
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