The Devils of Loudun

[Joseph Tracy]

> On Jan 12, 2016, at 2:28 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> and what a movie that is--if only for the set designs. one example: the French king shooting Protestants dressed as birds. and of course the Rape of Christ scene
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> I read the book after seeing the movie. wasnt as fun ;)
Not really a fun book. Huxley is not really a fun writer and seems to have done his best work when he left the profound balance of a highly educated and spiritually poised mind to let his imagination or experience prevail: Brave New World, Doors of Perception,( I personally like Island despite the difficulty of managing a utopian vision)  
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> rich
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> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joseph Cerrato <ojpesh at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a movie by Ken Russel based on these events and Huxley's book.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_%28film%29
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> 2016-01-12 18:34 GMT+01:00 Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>:
> I am a third of the way into an Aldous Huxley work of nonfiction called the Devils of Loudun.  Sometimes he over-strains to make a point in his commentary but it is a fascinating piece of writing combining thorough historical research with a kind of psycological and spiritual analysis of  the early 1600s in France and in particular all the characters surrounding a combative, womanizing  FrenchJesuit Parson and how an incident of what was labeled as demonic posession of a group of nuns played out in the France of Cardinal Richelieu.
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> Has anyone else read this? Thoughts, even the briefest, would be appreciated. -
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