Subject: the australian end
From: wjr@PHOENIX.SCH.Symbolics.COM
Date: 1991-09-10, 11:15
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
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In article <4499@dali> ieevlsi2@cs.montana.edu (VLSI) writes:
>>> > >> I thought that bob played everyone in the Black lodge and that every one 
>>> > >> meets there duble there it they can face it then they go to the white lodge 
>>> > >> Cooper ran away from his duble so it follows that he will be trapped in the 
>>> > >> Black Lodge.
> > 
>> > >If I remember correctly, Hawk said you meet your evil self there.  An evil WE
>> > >which is an opposite of WE is strange. Hawk's statement could be a red herring.
> > 
> > Hawk says that you meet your "shadow self" there.  Not necessarily evil,
Your quote is exact.
> > though the themes in the show connect dark with evil.  I think that dark
> > (or evil) being something to be purged is a bit too simplistic.  Hawk
> > also calls the "shadow self" the "dweller on the threshold".  Threshold
> > of what?  You obviously have to deal with the doppleganger before
> > getting through the doorway - i have assumed that the doorway to the 
> > White lodge is the goal.  Maybe not.  In psychological sense it probably
> > has something to do with being able to contain your "evil" side
> > (reminiscent of Star Trek's episode when Captain Kirk is split into his
> > aggressive and compassionate parts...)
So has Major Briggs been through the black lodge?
Wayne J. Rasmussen