A Vision of Pearls.A Vision of Pearls Morten Revill iUniverse, Inc. 2021 Pine Lake Pine Lake may refer to: Places Canada
0595333141 $11.95 iuniverse.com A Vision of Pearls: A Fable fable, brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retaining their animal traits. of Fame, Fortune & Self-Discovery is a fantastic fable for all ages, adults as surely as children. It is about the mystical mys·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or having a spiritual reality or import not apparent to the intelligence or senses. 2. Of, relating to, or stemming from direct communion with ultimate reality or God: Phoenix, who embarks on a journey to find the pearls he had in a vision. Dreams of becoming rich and famous encourage his journey, as he meets other animals and listens to their stories. Yet those who want the pearls for themselves try to trick him, and Phoenix begins to doubt whether the pearls exist. At last, he makes a friend in Edgar who reads from and old book, and inspires Phoenix to renew his quest--understanding that to find the pearls, he must open their greatest secret. A moving parable parable, the term translates the Hebrew word "mashal"—a term denoting a metaphor, or an enigmatic saying or an analogy. In the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, however, "parables" were illustrative narrative examples. Jewish teachers of the 1st cent. A.D. about finding one's own path and seeking the truth in a complicated and confusing world. |
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