Word: prophet
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...gypsies, thestory deals with the protagonist who is "balamos,"meaning condemned to wander forever. Whilesearching for the magic horse, he rides into theworld of the imagination, where the dimensions oftime and space lose their conventionalsignificance. Transformed into a vampire thatdrinks horse's blood, he travels in antiquity. Hebecomes a prophet and a slave before climbingMount Olympus. The exceptional poetic images erasethe line between reality and fantasy...
...make politics serve those causes as executive director of Christian Coalition, the advocacy group founded by Pat Robertson four years ago. Reed's organizational and strategic talents have made the coalition the most potent unit within what its leaders call the profamily movement. He is also becoming a prophet and a public promoter of the conservative Christian cause in general. When he experiences an epiphany these days, the event is complex and political rather than religious and personal. His changing visions become the subject of TV schmooze shows and Washington seminars, as Robertson gives him increasing license to preach...
White-bearded, grandfatherly Rabbi Eliezer Waldman looks more like a prophet than a revolutionary. When he helped found Kiryat Arba, now home to 7,000 Jews near the Palestinian city of Hebron, in 1968, he says, "we felt that God had opened the gates and brought us back to the heart of Eretz Yisrael." As spiritual leader of the Jewish settlement movement, Waldman and a handful of other settlers must decide how they are going to force the Israeli government to renege on the peace agreement. The rabbi is convinced that with demonstrations, the blocking of some roads, interference...
...then match his weight in diamonds or gold -- a quaint practice that lapsed long ago. The present Aga Khan, Prince Karim, retains the reverence that goes with his heritage: he is the spiritual leader of the 15 million Ismaili Muslims, who regard him as a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad. But even though Prince Karim has long been ranked as one of the world's richest men, his financial clout suddenly seems less princely: last week a group of his banks and creditors seized the crown jewel of his business empire, the Ciga hotel chain, which runs some...
...Jong has a reputation for controversy--a reputation Erica Jong on Henry Miller: The Devil at Large will certainly bolster. The New York Times Book Review has already declared the book, Jong's first full-length work of non-fiction, "silly," and Jong's descriptions of Miller as a "prophet" who "invented a new style of writing" and "forever changed the way American literature would be written" will surely inspire debate elsewhere...