“ In this powerful, poetic and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans. He is turned away, but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or sibyls, lives in disgrace in the mountains above the Temple. In her rude goat-hut he seeks the meaning of his disastrous brush with the son of God. She reveals that she, too, has been touched by the son of a god, a very different son, not quite human, born of her own body. He dwells with her as a constant reminder of the betrayal of her mystical (and erotic) union with the divine, her punishment, and — perhaps — her redemption.
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- I was just feeling nastolgic for all the books i have read..i used to find books out of the blue and they would be the best things ever…. i seem to have lost my touch…. i want a good book to read…
The Sibyl was an awesome book..along with his other book Barabbas… i need new shit to read…i’m reading The Fountainhead..which is the longest fucking book ever…it’s good..but geez..i mean i read “Lolita” to take a break from this book..but i’m back on it now…
Blah…need distractions…