© Gunnar Tómasson 5 April 2016 The Hamlet Myth – Summary (First folio, 1623) 971338 15621 = The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke Hamlet’s Mission (Act I, Sc. v) 18729 = Oh all you host of heauen! Oh earth; what els? 15857 = And shall I couple hell? Oh fie: hold my heart; 21200 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 April 2016 I. The King James Bible (Dedication, 1611) 2542548 17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, Iames 14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, 13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. [c = 100 in &c] 16142 = The Translators of […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 April, 2016 An Easter Letter Written by Unknown Hand (Alfred Dodd) Every schoolboy knows the story told in their history books how Francis Bacon one snowy day on or about All Fools Day, 1 April 1626, drove with the King’s Physician, Sir John Wedderburn, to Highgate and that at the foot […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3 April, 2016 Explanatory Preface For the past two thousand years plus, there have been two distinct foundational views of Christianity. For the past forty years, I have researched what I have called the Augustan-Saga-Shakespeare tradition of Myth and Literature, which incorporates (a) Pythagorean Creation Myth, merged with (b) Platonic imagery, including […]
© Gunnar Tómasson April Fool’s Day 1 April 2016 Background – See posting: The King James Bible – Part III of III. 31 March 2016 The Foundation of Christ‘s Church (Saga-Shakespeare Myth/Prophecy) 884380 *** I. When shall we three meet againe? (Macbeth, Act I, Sc. i – First Folio) 164696 19939 = Thunder and Lightning. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 31 March 2016 The Foundation of Christ‘s Church (Saga-Shakespeare Myth/Prophecy) 884380 1. Our Ever-living Poet 10348 1 = Monad 10347 = Our Ever-living Poet 10348 The World‘s Hopefull Expectation (Venus and Adonis, 1593) 378541 9987 = TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE 20084 = Henrie Vvriothesley, Earle of Southampton, 8814 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 31 March 2016 Murther most foule, as in the best it is. (Hamlet, First Folio, Act I, Sc. v) 1658168 9462 = Enter Ghost and Hamlet. Hamlet 22112 = Where wilt thou lead me? speak; Ile go no further. Ghost 2883 = Marke me. Hamlet 3756 = I will. Ghost 11748 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 31 March 2016 Dedication, 1611. 2542548 17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, James 14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, 13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. [c = 100 in &c] 16142 = The Translators of The Bible, wish 23471 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 30 March 2016 I. I the LORD will hasten it in his time. (Isaiah, Ch. 60, King James Bible 1611) 1455222 60:1 14180 = Arise, shine, for thy light is come, 18687 = and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 60:2 19195 = For, behold, the darknesse shall cover […]
© Gunnar Tómasson Easter Sunday 27 March 2016 Commemorating the Resurrection of Our Saviour Every schoolboy knows the story told in their history books how Francis Bacon one snowy day on or about All Fools Day, 1 April 1626, drove with the King’s Physician, Sir John Wedderburn, to Highgate and that at the foot of […]