Aurora Borealis
I’ve always been fascinated with the Aurora Borealis. I recently read the Golden Compass whose author makes the northern lights a key part of the story. They are making it into a movie which, from the trailer appears to miss the point of the book. The book is not really about the golden compass, it’s about how God and Divine Consciousness manifests in this world and whether or not the church can control it. It’s interesting but very, very dark. It’s the first of a trilogy. I’ll let you know how the others go.
Checkout this amazing video of the Aurora moving around the pole.
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007,
by Painter of Blue and is filed under "Uncategorized, aurora borealis, Golden Compass, Reading List ".
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[...] Photo courtesy of Painterofblue (architect of one of my new-favorite blogs and an amazing artist). Wow. This is God-stuff. And this. [...]
Oh, BEAUTIFUL image! And movie. Wow.
I read The Golden Compass years ago and thought it was great. It’s been too long for me to say anything meaningful about it, but it’s a worthy read. I never read the other two, but my daughter did, and thought they were good.
I just finished the second book, The Subtle Knife. It was well written. I’m curious to see where he is going with the series. He is setting up a war in heaven so the first war (I’m assuming he means the fall) can be resolved. He seems to have some ambiguity about God. It will be interesting find find out how he resolves the ontological issues he poses.
I haven’t read the book or seen the movie and with all the controversy my interest has been piqued. Will have to read it.
Borealis refers only to the auroras in over the northern hemisphere. It looks like what you’ve got up there is the aurora australis. But very beautiful!
–Duby
Barrow, AK