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The First Day - Albert Camus Meets Crazy Horse in the Kingdom: A Metaphysical Drama in Seven Acts (Hardcover)
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The First Day - Albert Camus Meets Crazy Horse in the Kingdom: A Metaphysical Drama in Seven Acts (Hardcover)
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The seven acts of the drama The First Day are set in the Kingdom of
the Great Spirit as this Kingdom might have been imagined by Crazy
Horse, the legendary war chief of the Lakota Sioux who was
assassinated by the U.S. government in 1877, after he had
surrendered. The action occurs on January 5, 1960 when Crazy Horse
welcomes the French philosopher and writer Albert Camus to the
Kingdom. Camus had been killed in an automobile accident the night
before. Following introductions, the two begin a walk that lasts
from dawn to dusk and traverses a variety of landscapes.
Periodically they stop to converse with others in the Kingdom.
These include Native Americans Chief Joseph and Chief Seattle,
Jesus, and the poets Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Federico
Garcia Lorca. Walt Whitman is accompanied by a young friend named
Jimmy, and Jesus finds himself leading a band of some twenty
children. The travelers discuss various subjects, personal,
historical and philosophical. Their principal interest, however, is
the mysterious Almighty Power whose grace makes possible their
eternal life. Considering this mystery, they also discuss justice
and injustice among mortals, why men who struggled to do good often
suffered at the hands of those who did evil, and whether poets and
poetry are an influence for good in the affairs of mortals. At the
end of the day, having bid good day to their fellow travelers and
sitting on a mountain ledge overlooking expansive valleys as the
night sky is illuminated by an astounding show of lights, Crazy
Horse and Camus are joined by Socrates. Socrates explains why it is
no evil on Earth can ultimately hurt a virtuous person and how it
is the Almighty is revealed to humans during their mortal lives.
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