Subject: Re: Another possible reference, not that highflown
From: fi@grebyn.com (Fiona Oceanstar)
Date: 1991-08-31, 20:30
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

After summarizing some TP-evocative bits in "The Golden Child,"
Tom Adshead writes:
> >I don't know what the rest of you think of this, but to my mind, the white
> >horse, if not actually alluded to in TP, is maybe some kind of preecho
> >in the collective unconscious (Damn! I promised myself I wouldn't go all
> >mystic and Jungian!  Now I have to stand in a bucket of water and sing
> >Jerusalem..)

I don't know what a "preecho" is, but you're close to the money on your
collective-unconscious idea.  I think this surely must have been
mentioned way long ago in this newsgroup: the image of a white horse
(or a "pale" horse) is commonly seen as a harbinger of death--not neces-
sarily death to the person who sees the horse--just death hovering nearby.
In Irish mythology this creature is known as a "pooka."  We had a huge
discussion of pookas and death omens and legends about pale horses,
many months ago on alt.pagan.  Lots of serious scholarship emerged,
so by the time I first saw the Maddy's-death episode of TP, I must
admit I was primed to interpret the horse vision in this mythological
light.

And boy does that last sentence sound lame... (-: (-:  Howdy y'all,
I just got back from a jaunt to the Northwest, but didn't quite make
it as far west as Snoqualmie Falls.  Instead, I was taking it easy in
northwestern Montana.  I know: a true Peakhead would have sacrificed
vacation time to make the pilgrimage.  Where were my priorities, huh?

    --Fiona Oceanstar