chiron

In regards to "The Old Man And The Sea," I read the other day that a first edition (1951) is now selling for around $3,500.

As for "the lions dancing on the beach," consider these as radiant, royal, and powerful solar symbols of the masculine nature, as an interplay "On The Beach," which would be a classical symbol representative of The Feminine Nature, The Great Mother, The Sea.

Combined, you have "The Old Man & The Sea"; the interplay of the masculine and feminine natures of life. C. G. Jung offers that "The Old Wise Man" has become but a two-fold caricature of "The Woman."

In contrast with one another, the conflict of good and evil reveals itself. Heady stuff..."The Great Swordfish" as "The Prime-Mover, The Prime-Evil~Evolutionary Drift, The Spirit of The Waters"; i.e., Herman Melville's "Moby Dick: The White Whale."

[This message has been edited by chiron (edited 06-04-2003).]