Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Golden Compass?
I'm not really sure where the thread about the Golden Compass went, but I was commenting and all the sudden it vanished. I was going to say, "How exactly was the Magisterium involved in the story? I have not seen the movie or read the book, but obviously it was frowned on by most Christian denominations rather publicly. The Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Catholic Church over its entirety that has been handed down in the lineage of popes and bishops since Peter and the apostles. So it would be a symbol of the Catholic Church. Any insight?"
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If you go into the posts under January, it shows up. I am pretty sure that Pullman used the Catholic Church and the Magisterium associated with it to inspire his Magisterium in the stories. The Magisterium in the stories is a body that will do whatever it needs to do to retain its power. It sees a threat and takes action. It tries to prevent one of the characters from opening a way to another world. They also try to remove the Dæmon from children to prevent dust (as they see it as the manifestation of the Original Sin) from settling as they become adults. In the process of this act it hurts the children. If you want to get a better idea, I suggest reading the books. There is really nothing truly offensive as long as it is read as fiction.
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ReplyDeleteAdam, have you read Hogg by Samuel R. Delany?
Wow...that description...I haven't read it, but I can see that being offensive and disturbing. I didn't qualify my statement well enough. What I meant to say was that Pullman's fiction in his trilogy are not offensive when taken as this type of fiction occurring in another reality. I could see how Hogg could be taken as offensive set in any world or alternate reality. Thank you for helping me to clarify.
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