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Mitchell Stokely

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http://www.phantammeron.com/

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Fantasy, Fiction, Classics

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Author of epic fantasy novel, "Phantammeron Book One" ...more

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Mitchell Stokely Thank you for the question.
I see no mystery in my own life. There is nothing even close to mystery that is worthy of a book. My life is very bland. I …moreThank you for the question.
I see no mystery in my own life. There is nothing even close to mystery that is worthy of a book. My life is very bland. I see only the Mystery of Life, in general, and the search for it as having any worth as far as a plot.

Mythology is where story comes from, and it derives from universal truths that derive from things that exist beyond the individual or Human experience. They are things all Humans share, however. If you build meaning upon your personal experience, it is just a causal loop...a replay of a movie already enacted. You build a monument to yourself no one will ever visit, worship, or cherish. But living your life towards a higher goal does have mystery and meaning.

Looking for personal mystery to me implies a search for one's identity, something hollow and unfinished, a journey for young people to initiate and complete in their old age. Of course, you will discover at the end of that journey, there is no real meaning or mystery in one's life. There is vast meaning and mystery in the search for it...which is the Hero's Journey and the Great Adventure that is Life.

Many inspired people spend their whole lives searching for the source of the outer mystery that is truth in science and truth in God. There are real stories and plot lines there. For example, I read about the life of Thomas Aquinas and learned something important about his discoveries. You can believe in both science and God at the same time. His life and teachings dissolved that mystery for me. A great story lives there.(less)

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Mitchell Stokely I am reading mostly history now. One is of the life of the great Spanish conquistador explorer, Hernán Cortés. I am rereading the 6th century De Excid…moreI am reading mostly history now. One is of the life of the great Spanish conquistador explorer, Hernán Cortés. I am rereading the 6th century De Excidio Britanniae ("On the Ruin of Britain") by Gildas because his portrayal of the corruption of the mean of his age parallels America's at the moment.
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