Switched-on Gutenberg Issue 19
Contents
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The Hierarchical Scale the Great Chain of Being according to Aristotle extended further by various Religions |
I. VELVET ELVIS: BAD ART | ||
| Kim Baker..............................Lights Out on Lonely Street | ||
| Alan Catlin..............................Velvet Elvis’s Temple of Doom | ||
| Hannah Cook Cross..............................Coffee with the King | ||
| Gail Eisenhart..............................Antique Emporium | ||
| Jonathan Klages..............................Dogs Playing Poker | ||
| Johnny Nickles..............................But I Know What I Like | ||
| Bruce Sydow..............................How Great Thou Art | ||
II. NO CUTE PETS | |||
| “The great chain of being...is a concept derived from Plato and Aristotle. It details a strict, religious hierarchical structure of all matter and life, believed to have been decreed by God. The chain starts from God and progresses downward to angels, demons (fallen/renegade angels), stars, moon, kings, princes, nobles, men, wild animals, domesticated animals, trees, other plants, precious stones, precious metals, and other minerals.” Credit: Wikipedia | |||
| God | |||
| Angels | |||
| Heaven | |||
| Humans | |||
| Charlene Logan Burnett..............................Night Dogs | |||
| Leon Hedstrom..............................Blackbeard, az | |||
| Maurice L. Hirsch, Jr...............................Dog Days 2 | |||
| Shelby Stephenson .............................. Country (excerpt) | |||
| Mark Thalman..............................After His Golden Retriever Died | |||
| Gail Waldstein..............................Hypnogagic Love | |||
| Wild Animals | |||
| Esteban Colon ..............................I Almost Petted Symbolism | |||
| "Useful" Domesticated Animals | |||
| C.A. Bellamy.............................. Horse | |||
| Amasa Guy Larkins..............................Cute, Fast Girl | |||
| Wilda Morris.............................. A Dog’s Life, Circa 1804 | |||
| Basil Rouskas ..............................Kanellos | |||
| Catherine Sutthoff Slaton..............................Zoe, Leaving | |||
| Mike Sukach.............................. A Day in the Life | |||
| "Tame" Domesticated Animals | |||
| Elvis Alves.............................. Animal Farm | |||
| Rosie Garland.............................. Night Visitor | |||
| Johnny Nickles..............................A Cat Named Pig | |||
| Carol Sunde.............................. For I Consider my Walt a Cool Cat | |||
| Other Animals | |||
| Laura Shovan.............................. Peter Rabbit | |||
| Joel Solonche..............................Dialogue with a Dead Beaver | |||
| Birds of Prey | |||
| Carrion Birds | |||
| Linda Umans.............................. The Roost | |||
| "Worm-eating" Birds | |||
| Janet Barry.............................. the birds of the morning sing because they must | |||
| “Seed-eating" Birds | |||
| Gabriella Brand ..............................The Wild Turkey Gang | |||
| Aquatic Mammals | |||
| Sharks | |||
| Fish | |||
| Reptiles | |||
| Amphibians | |||
| Insects | |||
| Lisa Cihlar.............................. Good Dog | |||
| Lisa Cihlar..............................According to the Rules We Made Up Yesterday | |||
| Plants | |||
| Alissa Bernholc ..............................Crenarchaeota from The Other Kingdom | |||
| Alissa Bernholc..............................Slime Molds (Myxomycota) from The Other Kingdom | |||
| Flame | |||
| Rocks | |||